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Webster 1913 Edition
Hyperborean
1.
(Greek Myth.)
Of or pertaining to the region beyond the North wind, or to its inhabitants.
2.
Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in very far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright,
as, a
. hyperborean
coast or atmosphereThe
hyperborean
or frozen sea. C. Butler (1633).
Hyˊper-bo′re-an
,Noun.
1.
(Greek Myth.)
One of the people who lived beyond the North wind, in a land of perpetual sunshine.
2.
An inhabitant of the most northern regions.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hyperborean
HYPERBO'REAN
,Adj.
1.
Northern; belonging to or inhabiting a region very far north; most northern.2.
Very cold; frigid.HYPERBO'REAN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
hyperborean
hyperborean
English
Noun
hyperborean (plural hyperboreans)
- One of a race of people in Greek mythology living in the extreme north, beyond the north wind.
- (usually humorous) Any person living in a northern country, or to the north.
Translations
(Greek mythology), one a race of people living in the extreme north
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Adjective
hyperborean (comparative more hyperborean, superlative most hyperborean)
- Pertaining to the extreme north of the earth, or (usually jocular) to a specific northern country or area.
- 1633, C. Butler
- The hyperborean or frozen sea.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- You could have knelt down, damn it, Kinch, when your dying mother asked you, Buck Mulligan said. I’m hyperborean as much as you. But to think of your mother begging you with her last breath to kneel down and pray for her. And you refused.
- 1633, C. Butler
Translations
pertaining to the extreme north of the Earth
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