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Definition of hyperborean in English: hyperboreannoun ˌhʌɪpəbɔːˈriːənˌhʌɪpəˈbɔːrɪən literary 1An inhabitant of the extreme north. Example sentencesExamples - We restricted our density calculations to birds on the water, with the exception of glaucous gulls (Larus hyperborean).
- 1.1Greek Mythology A member of a people worshipping Apollo and living in a land of sunshine and plenty beyond the north wind.
Example sentencesExamples - He is cast or casts himself on a pyre, but is miraculously saved by Apollo and translated to the land of the Hyperboreans.
- This island is inhabited by the Hyperboreans there is also on the island a magnificent sacred precinct of Apollo.
- The Scythians and the Hyperboreans (sometimes the Aethiopians) were the noble savages of the Ancients.
- The last point of the ‘northern twist of the axis’ of which the griffins are said to be the ‘figure’ is the Hyperborean paradise.
Synonyms very cold, bitterly cold, bitter, freezing, frozen, frosty, icy, icy-cold, ice-cold, chilly, wintry, bleak, sub-zero, arctic, siberian, polar, glacial
adjective ˌhʌɪpəbɔːˈriːənˌhʌɪpəˈbɔːrɪən literary Relating to the extreme north. Example sentencesExamples - The streets are quite chilled, inside my head is brisk at best and the beat, well, the beat is positively hyperborean.
- After hearing a glopping sound hit the snow covered ground, Hugh's skinless face begins scanning the hyperborean terrain for his epidermal layer.
- Its grid plan, zoned districts and splendid Nevsky Prospect created a strange kind of hyperborean vertigo in those who contemplated it.
Synonyms chilly, cool, freezing, icy, snowy, icy-cold, glacial, wintry, crisp, frosty, frigid, bitter, bitterly cold, biting, piercing, numbing, sharp, raw, polar, arctic, siberian
Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin hyperboreanus, from Greek huperboreos, from huper 'beyond' + boreas 'north wind'. Definition of hyperborean in US English: hyperboreannoun literary 1An inhabitant of the extreme north. Example sentencesExamples - We restricted our density calculations to birds on the water, with the exception of glaucous gulls (Larus hyperborean).
- 1.1Greek Mythology A member of a race worshiping Apollo and living in a land of sunshine and plenty beyond the north wind.
Example sentencesExamples - The last point of the ‘northern twist of the axis’ of which the griffins are said to be the ‘figure’ is the Hyperborean paradise.
- He is cast or casts himself on a pyre, but is miraculously saved by Apollo and translated to the land of the Hyperboreans.
- This island is inhabited by the Hyperboreans there is also on the island a magnificent sacred precinct of Apollo.
- The Scythians and the Hyperboreans (sometimes the Aethiopians) were the noble savages of the Ancients.
Synonyms very cold, bitterly cold, bitter, freezing, frozen, frosty, icy, icy-cold, ice-cold, chilly, wintry, bleak, sub-zero, arctic, siberian, polar, glacial
adjective literary Relating to the extreme north. Example sentencesExamples - After hearing a glopping sound hit the snow covered ground, Hugh's skinless face begins scanning the hyperborean terrain for his epidermal layer.
- Its grid plan, zoned districts and splendid Nevsky Prospect created a strange kind of hyperborean vertigo in those who contemplated it.
- The streets are quite chilled, inside my head is brisk at best and the beat, well, the beat is positively hyperborean.
Synonyms chilly, cool, freezing, icy, snowy, icy-cold, glacial, wintry, crisp, frosty, frigid, bitter, bitterly cold, biting, piercing, numbing, sharp, raw, polar, arctic, siberian
Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin hyperboreanus, from Greek huperboreos, from huper ‘beyond’ + boreas ‘north wind’. |