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pœanismos

pœanismos is the alternative form of paenismus.

Meaning of paenismus

Noun

paenismus (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech consisting of a call for others to rejoice or exult over something, rather than merely stating the fact; an expression of feeling by calling on others to rejoice.

Origin of pœanismos

From Ancient Greek παιανισμός (paianismós). Variant spelling of paenismus using the ligature œ.

Questions about pœanismos

What is pœanismos the alternative form of?
Pœanismos is the alternative form of paenismus.

Words near pœanismos in the dictionary

  1. pączkis
  2. Płock
  3. Płock County
  4. Płońsk
  5. pōhiri
  6. pœanismos
  7. Pœcile
  8. pœcilo-
  9. pœcilogony
  10. pœnal
  11. pœnall

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pœanismos (page history and authors); paenismus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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