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A.Word.A.Day--cimmerian What to give to the person who has everything? Give the gift of words. Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio Cimmerian (si-MIR-ee-uhn) adjective Very dark or gloomy. noun Greek Mythology. One of a mythical people described by Homer as inhabiting a land of perpetual darkness. [From Latin Cimmerii, the Cimmerians, from Greek Kimmerioi.] "But much of (Charles Sanders) Peirce's writing is, as William James despairingly said, `flashes of light against Cimmerian darkness.'" Rorty, Richard, Killing Time: The Autobiography of Paul Feyerabend. (book reviews), The New Republic, 31 Jul 1995. This week's theme: eponyms. X-Bonus Congratulation: The civility of envy. -Ambrose Bierce [Devil's Dictionary]

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