hyperborean

see definition of hyperborean

as innorthern
as inshivery
as incold
as innorth

Synonyms for hyperborean

adj pertaining to the north

Antonyms for hyperborean

southern

north

adverb. toward the top pole of the earth

Word Origin & History

1590s, from Late Latin hyperboreanus, from Latin hyperboreus, from Greek hyperboreos "pertaining to the regions of the far north," from hyper (see hyper-) + Boreas (see Boreal). The Hyperboreans were an imagined Arctic people believed by the ancients to be distinguished by piety and happiness. Middle English had iperborie "the far north of the Earth" (mid-15c.).

Example Sentences for hyperborean

"Away in the Hyperborean regions," answered the clergyman, smiling.

No; nor the Scythian neither, nor the Greek, nor the hyperborean.

It was enough for him that he had found a "Halcyonian" to contrast with Wagner, the "Hyperborean."

Hyperborean (an epithet of Ireland), its twofold meaning, 55.

That the Hyperborean nations are nations of a receding frontier.

We will separate it into three branches—the Hyperborean, the Mongolian, and the Sinaic branches.

The mighty Norseman, too, in his own sinewy Hyperborean style, is full of joy.

On the north, Rhodope, or the Riphean Mountains, were supposed to enclose the hyperborean limits of the world.

But this time it was in no hyperborean tempest that we were called forth, but when the very sweetest airs of June were blowing.

The other Hyperborean races do not widely differ in character and physical appearance from those already described.

hyperborean

Synonyms for hyperborean

Antonyms for hyperborean

More words related to hyperborean

cold

coldest

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northern

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