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[ hahy-peer-ee-uhn ] / haɪˈpɪər i ən /
nounClassical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos. Astronomy. a natural satellite of the planet Saturn. Origin of Hyperion<Latin <Greek Hyperī́ōn, equivalent to hyper-hyper- + iṓn going; see ion Words nearby Hyperionhyperinfection, hyperinflate, hyperinflation, hyperinsulinism, hyperinvolution, Hyperion, hyperirritability, hyperisotonic, hyperkalemia, hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, hyperkeratosis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for HyperionExcerpted from Strings Attached: One Tough Teacher and the Gift of Great Expectations, published by Hyperion, copyright 2013. No More Coddling!|Joanne Lipman|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST Turlington authored Living Yoga: Creating A Life Practice (Hyperion, 2002). See Who’s Coming to Women in the World 2013: Speakers & Participants||March 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST Mark Katz is the author of Clinton Me: A Real Life Political Comedy (Hyperion Books), from which these excerpts were taken. George McGovern & Me|Mark Katz|October 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST Her new book, The Bag Lady Papers, comes out in February from Hyperion. Fantasy Shopper|Alexandra Penney|December 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
A year ago, Bernie Madoff wiped out Alexandra Penney—whose new book, The Bag Lady Papers, comes out in February from Hyperion. Fantasy Shopper|Alexandra Penney|December 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST He does not accept kingship at the expense of Aprile as Apollo would do at the expense of Hyperion. Browning and His Century|Helen Archibald Clarke If the celebrated query in Longfellow's Hyperion, "What is time?" Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860|George Saintsbury And, true enough, I learned presently that the mate of the Hyperion had “taken down” his name for quarter-master. The Mirror of the Sea|Joseph Conrad Perhaps it is a reference to the Greek tale that Hyperion, one of the Titans, was the father of the sun. The Aeneid of Virgil|Virgil Sleep and Poetry, Endymion, and Hyperion represent very well three stages in the poet's thought and art. Mysticism in English Literature|Caroline F. E. Spurgeon
British Dictionary definitions for Hyperion (1 of 2)
nounGreek myth a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, father of Helios (sun), Selene (moon), and Eos (dawn) British Dictionary definitions for Hyperion (2 of 2)
nounan irregular-shaped outer satellite of the planet Saturn that tumbles chaotically Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |