Antonyms for hyperborean

Grammar : Adj, adv

Spell : hahy-per-bawr-ee-uh n, -bohr-, -buh-ree-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌhaɪ pərˈbɔr i ən, -ˈboʊr-, -bəˈri-

Definition of hyperborean

Origin : 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.).

As in northern : adj pertaining to the north
As in shivery : adj cold
As in cold : adj chilly, freezing
As in north : adv toward the top pole of the earth

Example sentences :

"Away in the Hyperborean regions," answered the clergyman, smiling.
Extract from : « At the Back of the North Wind » by George MacDonald

No; nor the Scythian neither, nor the Greek, nor the hyperborean.
Extract from : « Christianity and Greek Philosophy » by Benjamin Franklin Cocker

It was enough for him that he had found a "Halcyonian" to contrast with Wagner, the "Hyperborean."
Extract from : « Musical Criticisms » by Arthur Johnstone

Hyperborean (an epithet of Ireland), its twofold meaning, 55.
Extract from : « The Round Towers of Ireland » by Henry O'Brien

That the Hyperborean nations are nations of a receding frontier.
Extract from : « The Natural History of the Varieties of Man » by Robert Gordon Latham

We will separate it into three branches—the Hyperborean, the Mongolian, and the Sinaic branches.
Extract from : « The Human Race » by Louis Figuier

The mighty Norseman, too, in his own sinewy Hyperborean style, is full of joy.
Extract from : « An Ocean Tramp » by William McFee

On the north, Rhodope, or the Riphean Mountains, were supposed to enclose the hyperborean limits of the world.
Extract from : « Ocean's Story; or Triumphs of Thirty Centuries » by Edward Rowland

But this time it was in no hyperborean tempest that we were called forth, but when the very sweetest airs of June were blowing.
Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. I., No. IV., April, 1862 » by Various

The other Hyperborean races do not widely differ in character and physical appearance from those already described.
Extract from : « The Desert World » by Arthur Mangin

Synonyms for hyperborean

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