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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).

Hy`per*bo"re*an, n. 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.

Hy`per*car"bu*ret`ed (?), a. (Chem.) Having an excessive proportion of carbonic acid; -- said of bicarbonates or acid carbonates. [Written also hypercarburetted.]

Hy`per*cat`a*lec"tic (?), a. [L. hypercatalecticus, hypercatalectus, Gr. &?;: cf. F. hypercatalectique. See Hyper-, and Catalectic.] (Pros.) Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse.

Hy`per*chlo"ric (?), a. (Chem.) See Perchloric.

Hy`per*chro"ma*tism (?), n. The condition of having an unusual intensity of color.

Hy`per*crit"ic (?), n. [Pref. hyper- + critic: cf. F. hypercritique.] One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a captious censor. "Hypercritics in English poetry." Dryden.

Hy`per*crit"ic, a. Hypercritical.

Hy`per*crit"ic*al (?), a. 1. Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious. "Hypercritical readers." Swift.

2. Excessively nice or exact. Evelyn.

Hy`per*crit"ic*al*ly, adv. In a hypercritical manner.

Hy`per*crit"i*cise (?), v. t. To criticise with unjust severity; to criticise captiously.

Hy`per*crit"i*cism (?), n. Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism.

Hy`per*di*crot"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) Excessive dicrotic; as, a hyperdicrotic pulse.

Hy`per*di"cro*tism (?), n. (Physiol.) A hyperdicrotic condition.

Hy`per*di"cro*tous (?), a. (Physiol.) Hyperdicrotic.

||Hy`per*du*li"a (?), n. [Pref. hyper- + dulia: cf. F. hyperdulie.] (R. ||C. Ch.) Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the most ||exalted of mere creatures; higher veneration than dulia. Addis & ||Arnold.

Hy"per*du`ly (?), n. Hyperdulia. [Obs.]

Hy`per*es*the"si*a (?), n. Same as HyperÊsthesia.

||Hy*per"i*cum (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;; &?; under, among + &?;, ||&?;, heath, heather.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, generally with dotted ||leaves and yellow flowers; -- called also St. John's-wort.

||Hy`per*i*no"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + &?;, &?;, ||strength, fiber.] (Med.) A condition of the blood, characterized by ||an abnormally large amount of fibrin, as in many inflammatory ||diseases.

Hy*pe"ri*on (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Class Myth.) The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty.

So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr.

Shak.

||Hy`per*ki*ne"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + &?; motion.] ||(Med.) Abnormally increased muscular movement; spasm.