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paean
[ pee-uhn ]
noun
- a song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- a formal expression of high praise, as a poem, movie, or monument:
This documentary is another paean to the mystical power and beauty of the ocean.
- an elaborate or excessive expression of praise; panegyric:
His restaurant review is just a long and not very interesting paean to his favorite ethnic cuisine.
- a hymn of invocation or thanksgiving to Apollo or some other ancient Greek deity.
paean
/ ˈpiːən /
noun
- a hymn sung in ancient Greece in invocation of or thanksgiving to a deity
- any song of praise
- enthusiastic praise
the film received a paean from the critics
Other Words From
- pae·an·ism noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of paean1
Word History and Origins
Origin of paean1
Example Sentences
The lyrics are a pop-song paean to colonialism, reminiscent of Hegel’s 19th century thinking when he dismissed Africa as “unhistorical, undeveloped” and “devoid of morality, religions and political constitution.”
And Mike Gold, author of “Jews Without Money,” sings a paean to an empty, garbage-strewn lot in his neighborhood that doubled as his beloved playground.
A paean to the beautiful game, the book chronicles how Cloepfil overcame adversity to strike joy.
Howerton opened Sunday morning services on February 25 with this paean to sexual coercion.
To this day, there remains no better Rosetta stone for deciphering the Nirvana generation's view of work than 1999's "Office Space," Mike Judge's paean to the plight of the X-er cubicle drone.
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