brassy vs halcyon

brassy

adj
  • Impudent; impudently bold. 

  • Unfeeling; pitiless. 

  • Harsh in tone. 

  • Resembling brass. 

noun
  • Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia. 

halcyon

adj
  • Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene. 

  • Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher. 

noun
  • The dead body of such a bird, said in Tudor times to act as a weather vane when hung from a beam. 

  • A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves. 

  • A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia. 

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