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paeon (pē′ən)

noun

Gr. & Latin Prosody a foot of three short syllables and one long syllable occurring in any order

Etymology: L < Gr (Attic) paiōn, paean

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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