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halcyon

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adjective

hal·​cy·​on ˈhal-sē-ən How to pronounce halcyon (audio)
1
a
: characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden
—often used to describe an idyllic time in the past that is remembered as better than today
the halcyon days of youthClassics Illustrated have become pricey nostalgia items for those who grew up in the supposedly halcyon years after World War II. Donna RichardsonIn those halcyon days of the free trade, the fixed price for carrying a box of tea or bale of tobacco from the coast of Galloway to Edinburgh was fifteen shillings … Sir Walter Scott
b
: calm, peaceful
a halcyon atmosphere
c
: prosperous, affluent
2
: of or relating to the halcyon (see halcyon entry 2) or its nesting period

halcyon

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noun

1
: a bird identified with the kingfisher and held in ancient legend to nest at sea about the time of the winter solstice and to calm the waves during incubation
2
: kingfisher

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According to Greek mythology, Alkyone, the daughter of the god of the winds, became so distraught when she learned that her husband had been killed in a shipwreck that she threw herself into the sea and was changed into a kingfisher. As a result, ancient Greeks called such birds alkyōn or halkyōn. The legend also says that such birds built floating nests on the sea, where they so charmed the wind god that he created a period of unusual calm that lasted until the birds' eggs hatched. This legend prompted people to use halcyon both as a noun naming a genus of kingfisher and as an adjective meaning either "of or relating to the kingfisher or its nesting period" or "calm."

Synonyms

Adjective

Example Sentences

Adjective a halcyon era following the American Civil War during those early halcyon years the company's potential for growth seemed unlimited
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Since joining the brand in 2013, Blume has been sequestered away in the halcyon world of Porsche, a carmaker that cranks out reliable double-digit profit margins as if by assembly line. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 25 July 2022 And looking back sadly, the United States will probably never have another halcyon period like that to squander with minimalist ambitions and guttersnipe politics about nothing. Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 27 June 2022 The series can become too heavy in spots, and often that happens because the series casts the characters’ pasts in such a halcyon light. Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022 Voters, many too young remember, were partly seduced by the 64-year-old’s misleading presentation of his late father’s dictatorial rule as a halcyon economic age to be revived. Time, 13 May 2022 The fish trundled around in the Late Devonian, an enviously halcyon version of Earth in which the climate was pleasant and mild and the seas were full of fish. New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022 Over a Zoom call from his Cotswolds home with his wife and collaborator of 35 years Vanessa, Fairer reminisced about his halcyon days, discussed his new gig at Fendi, and wondered about the effect his photos might have in our new phygital era. Steff Yotka, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2021 Indeed, these changes haven’t always been easy, with industry professionals forced to adjust to a less halcyon version of Hollywood. New York Times, 6 June 2021 Anyway, these are halcyon days for me and the legions of big-building-photo-and-video-projection enthusiasts. Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2021
Noun
The goal isn’t some halcyon, all-forgiving unity between MAGA World and everyone else; too much damage has been done for that. Whitney Phillips, Wired, 24 Nov. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Adjective

Middle English alceon, from Latin halcyon, from Greek alkyōn, halkyōn

First Known Use

Adjective

1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of halcyon was in the 14th century

Phrases Containing halcyon

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