Cĭm-mē'ri-an, a.

(89), a. [Lat. Cimmerius.]

1. Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have dwelt, in very ancient times, in caves between Baiae and Cumae, in profound and perpetual darkness.
2. Without any light; intensely dark.

There, under ebon shades, and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. Milton. Cimmerian darkness, deep or continual obscurity.