HALCYON
\hˈalsɪən], \hˈalsɪən], \h_ˈa_l_s_ɪ__ə_n]\
Definitions of HALCYON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon days of the clipper trade"
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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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a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World
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(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
By Princeton University
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marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon days of the clipper trade"
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joyful and carefree; "halcyon days of youth"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
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Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice.
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Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy.
By Oddity Software
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Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice.
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Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy.
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A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (sancta) of Australia.
By Noah Webster.
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The kingfisher, a bird that was once believed to make a floating nest on the sea, which remained calm while it was hatching.
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Calm: peaceful: happy.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Calm; peaceful.
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A kingfisher.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Alcyon.
By Robley Dunglison
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