Today’s Words That Work: Paean
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A paean (PEE-un) – from “Paia,” a Greek title for the god Apollo – is a joyous song of praise, triumph, or thanksgiving.
Example (as used by Hugo Young in This Blessed Plot): “If you look at what British writers were saying about England before and after the war, you read for the most part a seamless paean to the virtues of the nation’s strength and identity.”
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