1. Classical Mythology:
of, relating to, or suggestive of a western people believed to dwell in
perpetual darkness.
2. very dark; gloomy.
Etymology:
“pertaining to the Cimmerii,”
an ancient nomadic people who, according to Herodotus, inhabited the region
around the Crimea, and who, according
to Assyrian sources, overran Asia Minor 7c. B.C.E.; from Latin Cimmerius, from Greek Kimmerios.