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paeon

[pee-uhn, -on]

noun

Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.

Origin:
1595–1605; < Latin paeōn < Greek paiōn, Attic variant of paiā́n; see paean

Can be confused: paean, paeon, peon.

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paeon (ˈpiːən)

—n
	prosody a metrical foot of four syllables, with one long one and three short ones in any order

[C17: via Latin paeon from Greek paiōn; variant of paean]

pae'onic

—*adj*

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