halcyon

Meanings

Plural: halcyons

Noun

• (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
• a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World
• 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
• A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
• A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
• The dead body of such a bird, said in Tudor times to act as a weather vane when hung from a beam.
• A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.

Adjective Satellite

• idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity
  • "a halcyon atmosphere"
• marked by peace and prosperity
  • "the halcyon days of the clipper trade"

Adj

• Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.
• Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.

Synonyms

Alcyone, at peace, blissful, calm, faint, genus Halcyon, golden, hushed, low, muffled, peaceful, prelapsarian, prosperous, quiet, quiet as a church mouse, quiet as a grave, quiet as a mouse, relaxed, serene, soft, stifled, still, tranquil

Related Words

Alcyone

Anagrams of halcyon