This week’s theme
Miscellaneous words

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defeasible
usurious
benthos
gerent
hyperborean


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Adverbs

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PRONUNCIATION:

(hy-puhr-BOR-ee-uhn)

MEANING:

noun: An inhabitant of the extreme north.
adjective: 1. Relating to the extreme north. 2. Very cold.

ETYMOLOGY:

In Greek mythology, Hyperboreans were people living in a land of perpetual sunshine, beyond the reaches of north wind. The word is from Greek hyper- (beyond) + Boreas (the god of the north wind). Earliest documented use: 1601.

USAGE:

“McIlroy was all set to marry tennis champion Caroline Wozniacki this summer, when he suddenly developed cold -- nay, hyperborean -- feet.”
Alex Beam; The Curse of the Bambina; Boston Globe (Massachusetts); Oct 4, 2014.

See more usage examples of hyperborean in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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