cimmerian

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From cimmerian, abysmal darkness to Sahara-desert glare! "

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  1. Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness.

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  1. intensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness

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  • Wealthy in the learned misery of my cimmerian temperment, one imploringly seeks forbearance, from those who have made apocryphal thrones before those Muses; Calliope, Clio and Erato - disremember not that all things circumduct the calamity of Melpomeme and droll Thalia. —  ShoutWire.com
  • Depending on what culture (Stygian, aquillonian, cimmerian) your character is, you arrive at one of three main cities like Stygians land in Khemi, Aquillonians are dropped into Old Tarantia, and Cimmerians are dumped into the horse stables known as Conarch Village. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • With cimmerian blackness on all sides of them, and a chaotic tunnel ahead, they were happy. —  The Country Beyond
  • From cimmerian, abysmal darkness to Sahara-desert glare! " —  No Clue A Mystery Story
  • [Illustration: "Down I went into the cimmerian gloom -- clambering step by step to a depth of fully thirteen feet." —  Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure
 

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