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hyperborean definition

hyper·bo·rean (hī′pər bôr′ē ən, -bə rē′ən)

adjective

  1. of the far north
  2. very cold; frigid
  3. of the Hyperboreans

Etymology: LL Hyperboreanus < L Hyperboreus < Gr hyperboreos, beyond the north wind < hyper- (see hyper-) + boreas, north wind: see Boreas

noun

  1. Gr. Myth. an inhabitant of a northern region of sunshine and everlasting spring, beyond the north wind
  2. a person of a far northern region

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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