halcyon ˈhælsiən adjective and noun
adjective: calm and peaceful; suggesting an ideal and happy tranquillity
adjective: marked by peace and prosperity
noun: a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
The word halcyon has appeared in 53 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on March 28 in “She Captured Some of the Most Famous Faces. Then She Put Them in a Drawer,” by Nathan Taylor Pemberton:
Ms. Clark’s glossy Polaroids, and her laconic anecdotes about the famous faces in her world, have been gathered for the first time in a book called “Tight Heads,” published last month. It’s both a visual memoir of the actress’s charmed life and a document of a halcyon cultural moment, when directors had free rein, an independent spirit flourished and a girl from a small town with no acting experience could be discovered at a casting call.
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