Houyhnhnm
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Houyhnhnm
1726; apparently echoic; cf. whinny
Example Sentences
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He was sure no Houyhnhnm alive could make such a vessel, nor would trust Yahoos to manage it.”
From Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
That will do for the Houyhnhnm Gazette.—Do you ever wonder why poets talk so much about flowers?
From Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Houyhnhnm, his master, assists in teaching him.
From Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
I often attend the Houyhnhnm conversazione at the tank, at about seven o’clock, and am amused by their behaviour; and I continually wish I could see Ned’s face on witnessing many equine proceedings here.
From Letters from the Cape by Lady Lucie Duff Gordon
So I found myself the involuntary possessor of a Houyhnhnm, or something even worse, and I walked back to my rooms in Park Street in a state of stupor.
From The Talking Horse And Other Tales by F. Anstey
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