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Houyhnhnm   Listen
Houyhnhnm

noun
1.
One of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift.






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"Houyhnhnm" Quotes from Famous Books



... weavers. We are strangely surprised to hear that the bells in Ireland ring without your money. I hope you do not write the thing that is not. We are afraid that B—— hath been guilty of that crime, that you (like a houyhnhnm) have treated him as a yahoo, and discarded him your service. I fear you do not understand these modish terms, which every creature now understands ...
— Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) • Various



Words linked to "Houyhnhnm" :   fictitious character, fictional character, character



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