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Word of the Day for Saturday, February 26, 2011halcyon \HAL-see-uhn\, noun: 1. A kingfisher. adjective: It seems to be that my boyhood days in the Edwardian era were halcyon days. It is a common lament that children today grow up too fast, that society is conspiring to deprive them of the halcyon childhood they deserve. It was a halcyon life, cocktails and bridge at sunset, white jackets and long gowns at dinner, good gin and Gershwin under the stars. Halcyon derives from Latin (h)alcyon, from Greek halkuon, a mythical bird, kingfisher. This bird was fabled by the Greeks to nest at sea, about the time of the winter solstice, and, during incubation, to calm the waves. | |||||||||
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