Associations to the word «Hyperborean»

Wiktionary

HYPERBOREAN, noun. One of a race of people in Greek mythology living in the extreme north, beyond the north wind.
HYPERBOREAN, noun. (usually humorous) Any person living in a northern country, or to the north.
HYPERBOREAN, adjective. Pertaining to the extreme north of the earth, or (usually jocular) to a specific northern country or area.

Dictionary definition

HYPERBOREAN, noun. (Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley