| Pronunciation: | | hoo'inum
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in Swift's Gulliver's Travels |
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HOUYHNHNM is a 9 letter word that starts with H. |
| | See Also: | | character, fictional character, fictitious character |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hou*yhnhnm"\, n.
One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary
travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with
reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a
race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of
men.
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