cimmerian
/sɪˈmɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin.
adj
Pertaining to the ancient Cimmerians.
adj
Characteristic of Cimmeria, especially in having particularly dense darkness etc.
Example Sentences
- "There, under ebon shades... in dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell."
- "As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell."
- "...the darkness of antiquated barbarism, in which he buries himself like a mole, to throw up the barren hillocks of his Cimmerian labours."
- "1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter VI, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt The glimpse of blue vault far above only heightened the cimmerian gloom of the canyon, and the frowning rocks, which rose abruptly gave one the impression that they were on the point of crashing into the ravine."
- "The source of man’s unhappiness is his ignorance of Nature.... To remove this Cimmerian darkness... requires the clue of Ariadne."
- "The city, there, of the Cimmerians stands With clouds and darkness veil’d, on whom the sun Deigns not to look with his beam-darting eye,"
Etymology
From Cimmerian.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /sɪˈmɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/
- British English: /sɪˈmɪə.ɹi.ən/