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Webster 1913 Edition

Hyperborean

Hyˊper-bo′re-an

,
Adj.
[L.
hyperboreus
, Gr. [GREEK];
ὑπέρ
over, beyond + [GREEK]. See
Boreas
.]
1.
(Greek Myth.)
Of or pertaining to the region beyond the North wind, or to its inhabitants.
2.
Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in very far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright,
as, a
hyperborean
coast or atmosphere
.
The
hyperborean
or frozen sea.
C. Butler (1633).

Hyˊper-bo′re-an

,
Noun.
1.
(Greek Myth.)
One of the people who lived beyond the North wind, in a land of perpetual sunshine.
2.
An inhabitant of the most northern regions.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hyperborean

HYPERBO'REAN

,
Adj.
[L. hyperboreus; Gr. beyond, and the north.]
1.
Northern; belonging to or inhabiting a region very far north; most northern.
2.
Very cold; frigid.

HYPERBO'REAN

,
Noun.
An inhabitant of the most northern region of the earth. The ancients gave this denomination to the people and places to the northward of the Scythians, people and regions of which they had little or no knowledge. The Hyperboreans then are the Laplanders,the Samoiedes, and the Russians near the White Sea.

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