SUPREME WORD DU JOUR: CIMMERIAN
PRONUNCIATION:
(si-MIR-ee-uhn)
MEANING:
adjective:
Very dark or gloomy.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Cimmerians, a
mythical people described in Homer's Odyssey,
who lived in perpetual darkness at the entrance of Hades. The historical Cimmerians, who lived in
Crimea, were unrelated. Earliest documented use: 1594.
USAGE:
"All along the beach they had travelled on the empty bus, watching as
lightning slashed the brooding, Cimmerian sky."
Anita Rau Badami; The Hero's Walk; Algonquin Books; 2001.
Anita Rau Badami; The Hero's Walk; Algonquin Books; 2001.
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