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Inky vs Cimmerian - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between inky and cimmerian

is that inky is of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark while cimmerian is perpetually dark or gloomy.

As a noun Cimmerian is

any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness.

As a proper noun Cimmerian is

the language of the Cimmerians, possibly belonging to the Iranian branch.

inky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
  • Tenderly she bore him back through the inky jungle to where the tribe lay, and for many days and nights she sat guard beside him, bringing him food and water, and brushing the flies and other insects from his cruel wounds.
  • spattered or stained with ink
  • Synonyms

    * black * dark * murky

    Antonyms

    * bright * clear * whitened

    cimmerian

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • perpetually dark or gloomy
  • * 1631 : , L'Allegro
  • There, under ebon shades... in dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
  • * 1740 :
  • As ragged as thy locks,
    In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
  • * 1820 :
  • ...the darkness of antiquated barbarism, in which he buries himself like a mole, to throw up the barren hillocks of his Cimmerian labours.
  • (figuratively) mentally dark; ignorant
  • * 1770 :
  • The source of man’s unhappiness is his ignorance of Nature.... To remove this Cimmerian darkness... requires the clue of Ariadne.

    Derived terms

    * cimmerianism * cimmerianize