PAEON

Noun

paeon (plural paeons)

(poetry) A foot containing any pattern of three short syllables and one long syllable.

Anagrams

• -pnoea, Epona, Paone, Peano, Poean

Source: Wiktionary


Pæ"on, n. Etym: [L. paeon, Gr. a solemn song, also, a pæon, equiv. to Pæan.] (Anc. Poet.)

Definition: 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, pæan.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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