Definitions for paeans

paeans pae·an

Spelling: [pee-uh n]
IPA: /ˈpi ən/

Paeans is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in paeans (aaenps).

Definitions for paeans

noun

  1. any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
  2. a hymn of invocation or thanksgiving to Apollo or some other ancient Greek deity.

Origin of paeans

1535-45; Latin: religious or festive hymn, special use of Paean appellation of Apollo Greek Paiā́n physician of the gods

Examples for paeans

paean, A name of Apollo; a song sung before or after a battle.

A paean to the lack of “personal ambition” in the American armed forces?

If the point was to create a paean to mediocrity, then Linklater has made maybe the definitive work on the subject.

He spoke movingly about his parents, got a rousing response to every paean to business success and American values.

There was no word of the bank episode, nothing but a paean of victory.

"Thank you," he said simply, but his tone was better than a paean of praise.

That hum of wings is the Calicurgus' paean of triumph, until it be her death-song.

In its modern origins California was paean to progress in the best sense of the word.

Shockingly, this paean to the good old days did not prevail.

The officers, led by the Captain waving his cap from the bridge, joined in the paean.

Word Value for paeans
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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