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Halcyon

adjective

Idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity.

Marked by peace and prosperity. Synonyms: golden, prosperous. "The halcyon days of the clipper trade"

noun

(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher. Synonym: Alcyone.

A large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World. Synonym: genus Halcyon.

A mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves.

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"Halcyon" Quotes from Famous Books

... the grey Halcyon talked from cedar's spray, Drummed the partridge far away;— Ah! could we choose to ...

— Memories of Canada and Scotland - Speeches and Verses • John Douglas Sutherland Campbell

... and Iole. Lotus Tree. Venus and Adonis. Anemone or Wind Flower. Apollo and Hyacinthus. Game of Quoits. Flower Hyacinthus. Ceyx and Halcyone. Palace of the King of Sleep. Morpheus. Halcyon Birds. ...

— TITLE • AUTHOR

... expectation of all, however, and considerably to the disappointment of the party of Dubs, Fite Folp, and the rest, the next day was as peaceful as if Scaurnose had been a halcyon nest floating on the summer waves; and it was soon reported that, in consequence of the punishment he had received from Malcolm, the factor was far too ill to be troublesome to any but his wife. This ...

— The Marquis of Lossie • George MacDonald

... more prosperous, more secure, more comfortable. The heavens of international politics were as serene as the evening sky; not yet was the storm-cloud that hung over Ireland bigger than a man's hand; east, west, north and south there brooded the peace of the close of a halcyon day, and the amazing doings of the Suffragettes but added a slight incentive to the perusal of the morning paper. The arts flourished, harvests prospered; the world like a newly-wound clock seemed to be in for a spell of serene and orderly ticking, with an occasional ...

— Michael • E. F. Benson

... various languages these exquisite little creatures bear.] The amount is very large of curious legendary lore which is everywhere bound up in words, and which they, if duly solicited, will give back to us again. For example, the Greek 'halcyon,' which we have adopted without change, has reference, and wraps up in itself an allusion, to one of the most beautiful and significant legends of heathen antiquity; according to which the sea preserved a perfect calmness ...

— On the Study of Words • Richard C Trench

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