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houyhnhnm

Nuno December 27, 2023 h

Pronounced “Whin-ems,” like a horse’s whinny, the Houyhnhnm are a race of intelligent horses in book 4 of Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travels

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onomatopoeia: 1. the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss) 2. the use of words whose sound suggests the sense

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