Houyhnhnm

American  

[hoo-in-uhm, hwin-uhm, win-] / huˈɪn əm, ˈʰwɪn əm, ˈwɪn- /

noun

1. (in Swift'sGulliver's Travels ) one of a race of horses endowed with reason, who rule the Yahoos, a race of degraded, brutish creatures having human form.

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Etymology

Origin of Houyhnhnm

1726; apparently echoic; cf. whinny

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Example Sentences

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Houyhnhnm

"Oh, it was—it was!" whooped the Houyhnhnm from out the cellar.

From The Storm Centre by Mary Noailles Murfree

The Houyhnhnm in the cellar protested that he was, too.

From The Storm Centre by Mary Noailles Murfree

Houyhnhnm, whin′im, n. one of the noble rational horse race in Gulliver's Travels.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Who that has read Dean Swift's disgusting description of the Yahoos, and insipid one of Houyhnhnm with a philosophical eye, can avoid seeing the futility of degrading the passions, or making man rest in contentment?

From Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

Accept our humble lays, And let each grateful Houyhnhnm neigh thy praise.

From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by George Gilfillan

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