Houyhnhnm
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Houyhnhnm
1726; apparently echoic; cf. whinny
Example Sentences
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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
There are more than four hundred horses in His Highness's city stables alone; and where the Houyhnhnm is, there also will be the Yahoo.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
The pony travelled like a glorified Houyhnhnm and we have brought a second male servant to take care of him.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
Imagine yourself reading a number of the Houyhnhnm Gazette, giving an account of such an experiment.
From Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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 George Gilfillan
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