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Houyhnhnms

Houyhnhnms is the plural of Houyhnhnm.

Meaning of Houyhnhnm

Noun

Houyhnhnm (plural Houyhnhnms)

  1. One of a fictional race of exceptionally civilized creatures, who look exactly like horses, inhabiting the same land as the brutish Yahoos.
    • 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.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Veracity. His Design in Publishing this Work. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London...

Questions about Houyhnhnms

What is Houyhnhnms the plural of?
Houyhnhnms is the plural of Houyhnhnm.

Words near Houyhnhnms in the dictionary

  1. Houtz
  2. Houtzes
  3. Houweling
  4. Houwelings
  5. Houyhnhnm
  6. Houyhnhnms
  7. Houze
  8. Houzes
  9. HOV
  10. HOV lane
  11. HOV lanes

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