/ Dictionary / Index H Huxley: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Hux•ley Pronunciation: (huks'lē), [key] — n. 1894–1963, English novelist, essayist, and critic. born 1918, English physiologist: Nobel prize for medicine 1963 (half brother of Aldous and Sir Julian Sorell). 1887–1975, English biologist and writer (brother of Aldous). 1825–95, English biologist and writer (grandfather of Aldous and Sir Julian Sorell Huxley). Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: huxley (Thesaurus) Huxleian Hu Yaobang Related Content Daily Word Quiz: panacea Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language