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Definition of halcyon adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

halcyon

adjective
 
/ˈhælsiən/
 
/ˈhælsiən/
[usually before noun] (literary)
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  1. (of a period of time in the past) peaceful and happy
    • the halcyon days of her youth
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the mythological sense): via Latin from Greek alkuōn ‘kingfisher’ (also halkuōn, by association with hals ‘sea’ and kuōn ‘conceiving’).
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