Houyhnhnm

== English == === Etymology === Coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels as a humorous, onomatopoeic play on the sound made by horses. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /huˈɪn.əm/, /ˈhwɪn.əm/ === Noun === Houyhnhnm (plural Houyhnhnms) (fiction) One of a fictional race of exceptionally civilized creatures, who look exactly like horses, inhabiting the same land as the brutish Yahoos. ==== Usage notes ==== For convenience in spelling and reading, sometimes rendered as "Whinnim" or "Whinnem". === Further reading === “Houyhnhnm”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “Houyhnhnm”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.