paeon
[ pee-uhn, -on ]
noun
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
Origin of paeon
1Words that may be confused with paeon
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How to use paeon in a sentence
Apparent paeons occur now and then, where the usual contraction would reduce them to triple time.
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British Dictionary definitions for paeon
paeon
/ (ˈpiːən) /
noun
prosody a metrical foot of four syllables, with one long one and three short ones in any order
Origin of paeon
1C17: via Latin paeon from Greek paiōn; variant of paean
Derived forms of paeon
- paeonic, adjective
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