Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PAEON
Pæ "on, n. Etym: [L. paeon, Gr. a solemn song, also, a pæon, equiv. to Pæan.] (Anc. Poet. )
Defn: A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable. [Written also, less correctly, pæan.]
PAEONINE
PAEONINE Pæ "o *nine, n. (Chem. )
Defn: An artifical red nitrogenous dyestuff, called also red coralline.
PAEONY
PAEONY Pæ "o *ny, n. (Bot. )
Defn: See Peony.
New American Oxford Dictionary
paeon
pae on |ˈpēən ˈpiən | ▶noun Prosody a metrical foot of one long syllable and three short syllables in any order. DERIVATIVES pae on ic |pēˈänik |adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek paiōn, the Attic form of paian ‘hymn of thanksgiving to Apollo ’ (see paean ).
Oxford Dictionary
paeon
paeon |ˈpiːən | ▶noun a metrical foot of one long syllable and three short syllables in any order. DERIVATIVES paeonic |piːˈɒnɪk |adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek paiōn, the Attic form of paian ‘hymn of thanksgiving to Apollo ’ (see paean ).
paeony
pae ¦ony ▶noun variant spelling of peony.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
paeony
pae o ny /pí (ː )əni /名詞 複 -nies ＝peony .
The Wordsmith Dictionary