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

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus