Hyperborean
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
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an inhabitant of an extreme northern region.
adjective
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of or relating to the Hyperboreans.
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(lowercase) of, relating to, or living in a far northern region.
noun
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Greek myth one of a people believed to have lived beyond the North Wind in a sunny land
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an inhabitant of the extreme north
adjective
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(sometimes not capital) of or relating to the extreme north
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of or relating to the Hyperboreans
Etymology
Origin of Hyperborean
< Latin hyperbore ( us ) < Greek hyperbóreos beyond the north wind, northern, polar ( hyper- hyper- + boréas the north, the north wind) + -an; Boreas
Example Sentences
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A Hyperborean wouldn’t be scared senseless up here, or worried about getting down.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2018
Six decades before Arthur Conan Doyle killed the mad commander of the Pole-Star, another writer sent a captain sailing northward, full of hope and Hyperborean convictions:
From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2017
The fact that Germany is now controlled by such barbarians as Hitler and Goring rounds out the Hyperborean myth by offering an inevitable opposite.
From Time Magazine Archive
The effort is reminiscent of the gentleman who, observing Apollo's Hyperborean journey, declared emphatically, "I shall compass this in terms of Quately's logic, or bust."
From Time Magazine Archive
“I almost got hit by Hyperborean breath once,” he said.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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