Houyhnhnm
Glossary term
/huˈɪn.əm/
Swiftian horse of perfect reason. In Bristol, chiefly useful as the zoological basis of a party disguise.
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What it describes
- Houyhnhnm head represented by (1 passage)
- Houyhnhnm pelt represented by (1 passage)
From the books (2 passages)
“I surmounted the obstacle which Mr Acquitted’s obduracy presented,” said he, “with the aid of the houyhnhnm pelt in which it pleases me to grace the present company, in company with that most diligent psychopath of my acquaintance Mr Harrison Lupine, I yesterday afternoon liberated from a certain fancy dress emporium adjacent to the fountains by which it has traditionally pleased those excellent fellows, the aficionados of apple-based liqueurs, to…
…giggling sorority infesting those waters, when he was forestalled by a hand upon his shoulder. Prising back the houyhnhnm jaws, he found himself peering into a pair of eyes behind which no recognisably human intelligence had ever dwelt.