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   paean

   /ˈpiːən/

   noun

   • 1. a song of praise or triumph: "a paean of praise for the great poets"
   • ▪ a creative work expressing enthusiastic praise: "he's created a filmic paean to his hero"

   Word Origin late 16th century: via Latin from Greek paian ‘hymn of thanksgiving to Apollo’ (invoked by the name Paian, originally the Homeric name for the physician of the gods).

   Scrabble Points: 7

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