halcyon
/halsi n/ • adjective (of a past time) idyllically happy and peaceful: halcyon days. — ORIGIN originally denoting a mythical bird (usually identified with a species of kingfisher) said to breed in a nest floating at sea, charming the wind and waves into calm: from Greek alkuon ‘kingfisher’.
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