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; whinny

Example Sentences

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

The word Houyhnhnm, in their tongue, signifies a horse, and, in its etymology, the perfection of nature. 

From Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan

The Houyhnhnm, his master, assists in teaching him. 

From Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan

To thee, we wretches of the Houyhnhnm band, Condemn'd to labour in a barbarous land, Return our thanks.

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

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

From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles