pean
/ˈpiː.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A heraldic fur of gold spots on a black field.
noun
Alternative spelling of paean.
verb
Alternative spelling of paean.
noun
Alternative spelling of peen.
verb
Alternative spelling of peen.
Example Sentences
- "The barbarian, wandering in nature's wilds, plucking the fruits as they grow, or destroying the game for his meat, and quenching his thirst with the waters of the gurgling rill, may furnish the poet with a theme for a pean to the goddess of Natural Liberty; but he will be a barbarian still, and his children after him, will roam over the same uncultivated wastes, and sleep in the same caves and dens, until they learn to associate with others and combine their efforts for mutual good."
- "Antimodern romanticism is not primarily a complaint about lost nature; it is mainly a pean to lost values. Modernity is relativistic, the existentialists complain; it has lost a sense of real values, true courage, meaningful integrity."