Pae"on (?), n. [L. paeon, Gr. a solemn song, also, a paeon, equiv. to . See Paean.] Anc. Poet.

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, paean.]

 

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