noonday

American  

[noon-dey] / ˈnunˌdeɪ /

adjective

1. of or at noon or midday.

   the usual noonday meal.

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noun

1. midday; noon.

noonday British  

/ ˈnuːnˌdeɪ /

noun

1. 1. the middle of the day; noon

   2. ( as modifier )

      the noonday sun

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Etymology

Origin of noonday

First recorded in 1525–35; noon + day

Example Sentences

The marble walls of Noonday dolomite and the naturally cemented stones of Mosaic Canyon flanked the two-mile path through a flood-scoured chasm to a series of dry falls.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2023

It was considered one of the eight bad thoughts of monastic life and characterized as the Noonday Demon.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2022

Director Peter Medak’s documentary looks back at the harrowing experience Medak had trying to make the disastrous 1974 pirate comedy “Ghost in the Noonday Sun” with Sellers as the star.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2020

Andrew Solomon, a writer, activist and lecturer whose books include The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression which won the National Book Award, chose this line from Emma Lazarus’s letter collection Epistle to the Hebrews.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2019

He asked him to lunch at the Noonday Club; and Montague went—though not without a qualm.

From The Metropolis by Sinclair, Upton