halcyon

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English Alceoun, from Latin halcyōn, alcyōn (“kingfisher”), from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn).

Used in a sentence

• “Amidſt our Arms as quiet you ſhall be / As Halcyons Brooding on a Winter Sea.”

• “And, by the way, during those halcyon days (the halcyon was there, too, chattering above every creek, as he is all over the world) we fought another battle.”

• “But novv hovv ſtands the vvind? / Into vvhat corner peeres my Halcions bill?”

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