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| Adjective | 1. Intensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness; "the Cimmerian gloom...a darkness that could be felt".[Wordnet] 2. Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness.[Websters] 3. Without any light; intensely dark.[Websters] 4. Being dark, murky, black, sable or unlit. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being gloomy, somber, tenebrous, sombre or darkling. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being dusky or blackish. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being shadowy or shady. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being obscure, opaque, sunless, dim or overcast. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being dingy or benighted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Seldom used base adjective of the adverb cimmerianly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (cimmerianly) |
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective cimmerian.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "Cimmerian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references) |
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Etymology:Cimmerian \Cim*me"ri*an\, adjective. [Latin expression Cimmerius.]. (references) |
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| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Pertaining to Cimmerium, a town at the mouth of the Palus Maeotis. The ancients pretended that this country was involved in darkness; whence the phrase Cimmerian darkness, to denote a deep or continual obscurity. The country is now called Crimea, or Krim-Tartary.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] perpetually dark or gloomy. (references) | ||
| 2: [Proper noun] (Greek mythology) any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness. (references) | |||
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| Cimmerian (Stargate) | The Cimmerians are a race of humans in the universe of Stargate SG-1 who are friends of Earth. (references) | ||
| Cimmerian Bosporus | The Cimmerian Bosporus (Bosporus Cimmerius) was the ancient name for the Strait of Kerch that connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The Cimmerians (Cimmerii) were the ancient inhabitants who gave their name to a strait that reminded the Greeks of the more familiar Bosporus that separates Thrace from Asia at Byzantium. (references) | ||
| Cimmerian plate | The Cimmerian plate is an ancient tectonic plate that comprises parts of present-day Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and Tibet. (references) | ||
| Cimmerian Sibyl | The Cimmerian Sibyl, was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy, near Lake Avernus (i.e. Cumae). This sibyl may have been a doublet for the Cumaean since the designation Cimmerian refers to priestesses who lived underground near Lake Avernus. An oracular shrine dedicated to Apollo, as at Delphi, stood on the Acropolis of Cumae. An underground Roman road ran from the southeastern part of Cumae, through Mount Grillo to the shores of Lake Avernus. (references) | ||
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| Cimmerian Bosphorus | Literature | 1: The strait of Kaffa. 2: Homer (possibly from some story as to the Arctic night) supposes the Cimmerians to dwell in a land "beyond the ocean-stream," where the sun never shone. (Odys., xi. 14.) 3: Milton: L'Allegro. 4: "In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Cimmerian terranes | Geology | (n) An archipelago of small landmasses that developed in tropical and subtropical latitudes on the eastern side of Pangea during the Triassic, blocks that comprised it include modern Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Tibet, and Malaysia; also called Cimmeria. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: Cimmerian | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian | 26 | Cimmerian Orogeny | 3 | |
| Cimmerian Plate | 8 | Cimmerian Plate | 8 | |
| Kings of Cimmerian Bosporus | 6 | Cimmerian Sibyl | 4 | |
| Cimmerian Sibyl | 4 | Kings of Cimmerian Bosporus | 6 | |
| Cimmerian Orogeny | 3 | The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian | 26 | |
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Adjective |
dark, dusky, gloomy, murky, somber, atrocious, black, inky, pitchy, sombre, tenebrous, sullen, darkling, dim, sunless. Consider also: abominable, baleful, cruel, diabolical, dire, disastrous, disgraceful, dismal, fierce, filthy, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, horrible, infamous, iniquitous, macabre, menacing, miserable. | |
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ebon, swart, murk, desolate. | |
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intensely dark. | |
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Computed Synonyms: Cimmerian
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Computed Synonyms via Expressions: Cimmerian
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| Balgarski | тъмен (dark, black, brown, Cimmerian, darkling), кимерийски (Cimmerian), непрогледен (impenetrable, opaque, Cimmerian), мрачен (black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, depressing). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Balgarski (transliteration) | tʺmen (dark, black, brown, Cimmerian, darkling), kimeriyski (Cimmerian), neprogleden (impenetrable, opaque, Cimmerian), mrachen (black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, depressing). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | nechápavý (dense, dull, dunch, impercipient, blunt). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bulgarian | тъмен (dark, black, brown, Cimmerian, darkling), кимерийски (Cimmerian), непрогледен (impenetrable, opaque, Cimmerian), мрачен (black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, depressing). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bulgarian (transliteration) | tʺmen (dark, black, brown, Cimmerian, darkling), kimeriyski (Cimmerian), neprogleden (impenetrable, opaque, Cimmerian), mrachen (black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, depressing). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | nechápavý (dense, dull, dunch, impercipient, blunt). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 阴惨的 (Cimmerian), 极幽暗的 (Cimmerian), 一古民族的人 (Cimmerian). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 極幽暗的 (Cimmerian), 陰慘的 (Cimmerian, macabre). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | nechápavý (dense, dull, dunch, impercipient, blunt). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dari | تاريك (gloomy, dark, dim, dusky, dimmer), افراد كشور ظلمات (Cimmerian), ظلماني (tenebrific, Cimmerian, tenebrous). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 키메르족의 사람 (Cimmerian), 키메르 사람의 (Cimmerian), 암흑의 (sable, Cimmerian, murk, black, mirk), 음산한 (sullen, sunless, desolate, Cimmerian, croaky), 암흑 세계에 살았다는 킴메르 사람의 (Cimmerian), 아득한 옛날 (Cimmerian), 【그리스신화】 키메르족의 사람 (Cimmerian). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 키메르족의 사람 (Cimmerian), 키메르 사람의 (Cimmerian), 암흑의 (sable, Cimmerian, murk, black, mirk), 음산한 (sullen, sunless, desolate, Cimmerian, croaky), 암흑 세계에 살았다는 킴메르 사람의 (Cimmerian), 아득한 옛날 (Cimmerian), 【그리스신화】 키메르족의 사람 (Cimmerian). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hebrew | אַפְלוּלִי (Cimmerian, darkling, dingy, sable, shadowy), חָשׁוּךְ (cavernous, Cimmerian, darkling, murk, murky), קוֹדֵר (cavernous, Cimmerian, clouded, darksome, doleful), בקצה העולם (Cimmerian). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hungarian | kimmériai (Cimmerian). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | tenebroso (dark, dim, gloomy, murky, somber), oscuro (dark, obscure, dim, gloomy, murky), cimmerio (Cimmerian). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ivrit | אַפְלוּלִי (Cimmerian, darkling, dingy, sable, shadowy), חָשׁוּךְ (cavernous, Cimmerian, darkling, murk, murky), קוֹדֵר (cavernous, Cimmerian, clouded, darksome, doleful), בקצה העולם (Cimmerian). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | キムメリオス人の (Cimmerian). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 키메르족의 사람 (Cimmerian), 키메르 사람의 (Cimmerian), 암흑의 (sable, Cimmerian, murk, black, mirk), 음산한 (sullen, sunless, desolate, Cimmerian, croaky), 암흑 세계에 살았다는 킴메르 사람의 (Cimmerian), 아득한 옛날 (Cimmerian), 【그리스신화】 키메르족의 사람 (Cimmerian). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Magyar | kimmériai (Cimmerian). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Parsi | تاريك (gloomy, dark, dim, dusky, dimmer), افراد كشور ظلمات (Cimmerian), ظلماني (tenebrific, Cimmerian, tenebrous). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian | تاريك (gloomy, dark, dim, dusky, dimmer), افراد كشور ظلمات (Cimmerian), ظلماني (tenebrific, Cimmerian, tenebrous). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian (Farsi) | تاريك (gloomy, dark, dim, dusky, dimmer), افراد كشور ظلمات (Cimmerian), ظلماني (tenebrific, Cimmerian, tenebrous). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | cimério (Cimmerian). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian | темный (dark, tenebrous, Cimmerian, darksome, murk), киммерийский (Cimmerian), Боспорское царство (Cimmerian Bosporus), киммерийская культура (Cimmerian culture). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian (transliteration) | temnyy (dark, tenebrous, Cimmerian, darksome, murk), kimmeriyskiy (Cimmerian), bosporskoe tsarstvo (Cimmerian Bosporus), kimmeriyskaya kulʹtura (Cimmerian culture). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki | темный (dark, tenebrous, Cimmerian, darksome, murk), киммерийский (Cimmerian), Боспорское царство (Cimmerian Bosporus), киммерийская культура (Cimmerian culture). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki (transliteration) | temnyy (dark, tenebrous, Cimmerian, darksome, murk), kimmeriyskiy (Cimmerian), bosporskoe tsarstvo (Cimmerian Bosporus), kimmeriyskaya kulʹtura (Cimmerian culture). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Serbian (transliteration) | tamam (Cimmerian), kimerski (Cimmerian). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | oscuro (dark, dim, dusky, gloomy, obscure). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ukrainian | темний (dark, dusky, sombre, abstruse, duskier), кімерійський (Cimmerian), непроглядний (Cimmerian). Additional references: Ukrainian, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ukrainian (transliteration) | temniy (dark, dusky, sombre, abstruse, duskier), kіmerіysʹkiy (Cimmerian), neproglyadniy (Cimmerian). Additional references: Ukrainian, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Urdu | نہایت ہی اندھیرا ۔ اندھیرا گھپ (Cimmerian gloom). Additional references: Urdu, Pakistan, India, Cimmerian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
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| Language | Translations for “Cimmerian” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | Cathagimmathagerathagiathagan (Cimmerian). Additional references: Athag, Cimmerian. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | Cagimmageragiagan (Cimmerian). Additional references: Double Dutch, Cimmerian. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | <¦|v||v|£[z¦/-\]\[ (Cimmerian). Additional references: Leet, Cimmerian. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | Copimmoperopiopan (Cimmerian). Additional references: Oppish, Cimmerian. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | Immeriancay (Cimmerian). Additional references: Pig Latin, Cimmerian. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | kimurso (Cimmerian). Additional references: Terran B, Cimmerian. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | Cubimmuberubiuban (Cimmerian). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Cimmerian. (volunteer) | |||
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