paean
noun/ˈpiːən/
/ˈpiːən/
(literary)- a song of praise or victory
- a paean of praise
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek paian ‘hymn of thanksgiving to Apollo’ (invoked by the name Paian, originally the name given by the poet Homer to the physician of the gods).Definitions on the go
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