Her-cŷn'i-am, a.

a. [Lat. Hercynia sylva, Hercynius saltus, Gr. Ἑρκύνιος δρυμός, the Hercynian forest, from O. H. Ger. hart, hard, O. Sax. hard, forest.] (Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, an extensive forest in Germany, the remains of which are now in Swabia.