\Cim*me"ri*an\, a. [L. Cimmerius.] [Written also
{Kimmerian}.]
1. Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to
   have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and
   perpetual darkness.
2. Without any light; intensely dark.
         In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.  --Milton.