| Front | Cimmerian \si-MIR-ee-uhn\ |
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| Back | adjective Very dark or gloomy. [After Cimmerians, a mythical people described in Homer's Odyssey, who lived in perpetual darkness at the entrance of Hades. The historical Cimmerians, who lived in Crimea, were unrelated. Earliest documented use: 1594.] USAGE: "All along the beach they had travelled on the empty bus, watching as lightning slashed the brooding, Cimmerian sky." - Anita Rau Badami; The Hero's Walk; Algonquin Books; 2001. |
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