English
Etymology
Late Latin hyperboreanus, cognate with classical Latin hyperboreus; the Greek word was ��ε�βο�εο�, i.e. ��ε� + βο�ειο� �northern�.
Pronunciation
IPA: /h�ɪp�'b�:ɹɪ�n/
Noun
hyperborean
- one of a race of people in Greek mythology living in the extreme north, beyond the north wind
- context|usually|jocular any person living in a northern country, or to the north
Adjective
hyperborean
- pertaining to the extreme north of the earth, or (usually jocular) to a specific northern country or area
#:*1922: �You could have knelt down, damn it, Kinch, when your dying mother asked you, Buck Mulligan said. I�m hyperborean as much as you. But to think of your mother begging you with her last breath to kneel down and pray for her. And you refused. � James Joyce, Ulysses
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