See Also: Cimmerian(dictionary)
Cimmerian(encyclopedia)
Cimmerian Bosporus(encyclopedia)

Cimmerian (iou)



Cimmerian noun & adjective. L16.
[from Latin Cimmerius (from Greek Kimmerios) + -AN.]
A. noun.
A member of a people fabled to live in perpetual darkness. L16.
A member of a nomadic people of antiquity, the earliest known inhabitants of the Crimea, who overran Asia Minor in the 7th cent. BC. L18.
b. adjective.
Of or pertaining to the legendary Cimmerians; (of darkness, night, etc.) thick, gloomy. L16.
Of or pertaining to the nomadic Cimmerians. M19.