Meaning of Houyhnhnm | Babel Free

Definitions

One of a fictional race of exceptionally civilized creatures, who look exactly like horses, inhabiting the same land as the brutish Yahoos.

Examples

“I retain⟳ in my Mind⟳ the Lectures and Example of my noble Maſter and the other illuſtrious Houyhnhnms of whom I had ſo long the Honour to be an humble Hearer.”

“"The Squire says you know⟳ a good deal⟳ about horses, so I suppose⟳ you understand⟳ the Houyhnhnm language? I'm learning it, and it is very nice," laughed Miss⟳ Celia, as Chevalita gave a little whinny and snuffled her nose into Ben's pocket.”

“”The moment he called me his ‘gentle and reasonable Houyhnhnm,’” an archivist notes, “I should have⟳ known that the man was deranged.””

“Certainly the philosopher was not a pessimistic luncheon companion. He […] loped off in the direction of the London Library, leaving me with an impression of twinkling eyes, laughter lines (he whinnies like⟳ a donnish Houyhnhnm), and a sensibility genuinely focused on what will happen⟳ in the next five minutes - or five years - albeit one steeped in knowledge of the past.”

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