Associations to the word «Paean»

Wiktionary

PAEAN, noun. Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph.
PAEAN, noun. An enthusiastic expression of praise.
PAEAN, verb. (transitive) To praise.

Dictionary definition

PAEAN, noun. A formal expression of praise.
PAEAN, noun. (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity).

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne