Hyperborean noun & adjective. [hʌɪpǝbɔ:'ri:ǝn, -'bɔ:rɪǝn] LME.
[Late Latin hyperboreanus = classical Latin hyperboreus from Greek huperbore
i. os, formed as HYPER- + boreios northern, boreas BOREAS: see -AN.]
A. noun. A member of a race of people who in Greek mythology lived in a land of sunshine and plenty beyond the north wind, worshipping Apollo; (also hyperborean) a person who lives in the extreme north of the earth. LME.
b. adjective.
1. (Also hyperborean.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing the extreme north of the earth or (joc. & colloq.) of a particular country. L16.

2. Of or pertaining to the Hyperboreans of mythology. E17.

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