hippogriff

Definition

a mythical beast, half griffin and half horse, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a filly.

Etymology

From French hippogriffe, from Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos, “horse”, English hippo-) + γρύψ (grúps, “griffin”).

Example Sentences

• "To talk of being able to ride with stirrups, is trifling: get on Pegasus, bestride the hippogryph, or mount the white nag in the Revelation."
• "Je crains done qu'il faudra que nous nous contentions de quelque moyen plus simple et plus facile, comme d'un enchanteur à gages, un hippogriffe, ou au moins de quelque génie bienfaisant, … So I doubt we must be content with some more simple and easy method, such as a magician in our pay, a hippogryph, or at least some kind genius, …"
• "Yet the work is surely not a mere map of the hippogryffon wanderings of some disordered imagination…"