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paeon |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paeon \P[ae]"on\ (p[=e]"[o^]n), n. [L. paeon, Gr paiw`n a solemn song, also a p[ae]on, equiv. to paia`n. See {P[ae]an}.] (Anc. Poet.) A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable. [Written also less correctly, {p[ae]an}.]
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