[hy.per.bo.re.an] n [L Hyperborei (pl.), fr. Gk Hyperboreoi, fr. hyper- + Boreas] (15c) 1 often cap: a member of a people held by the ancient Greeks to live beyond the north wind in a region of perpetual sunshine
2: an inhabitant of a cool northern climate
[2]hyperborean adj (1591) 1: of or relating to an extreme northern region: frozen
2: of or relating to any of the arctic peoples