noonday

[noon-dey]

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adjective

of or at noon or midday: the usual noonday meal.

noun

midday; noon.

Origin of noonday

First recorded in 1525–35; noon + day

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Examples from the Web for noonday

Contemporary Examples

Joel and I, in the heat of the noonday sun, walked the entire perimeter of the lot.
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Howard Rosenman
February 13, 2012
Evagrius, a famous hermit, blamed the “noonday demon” for tempting monks back to urban comforts.
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Jeremy Axelrod
June 20, 2011
How long had it been since we were children of the beating heart, laughing and playing beneath the warmth of the noonday sun?
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Max Brooks
January 14, 2011

Historical Examples

Ah, let me hope that the noonday will keep the promise of the dawn!
Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
As for having a bee in her bonnet that was beyond discussion, as clear as noonday.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete
Emile Zola
Men on the earth thought it was noonday and tried to do double their daily work.
Classic Myths
Mary Catherine Judd
We were unable to get a noonday observation on account of the haze.
The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales
Arthur Conan Doyle
It was in this spirit that I returned home in the broad sunshine of noonday.
The Woman Thou Gavest Me
Hall Caine

British Dictionary definitions for noonday

noonday

noun

1. the middle of the day; noon
2. (as modifier)the noonday sun

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Word Origin and History for noonday

n.

"middle of the day," first used by Coverdale (1535), from noon + day.

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Examples from the Web for noonday

Contemporary Examples

Joel and I, in the heat of the noonday sun, walked the entire perimeter of the lot.

Evagrius, a famous hermit, blamed the “noonday demon” for tempting monks back to urban comforts.

How long had it been since we were children of the beating heart, laughing and playing beneath the warmth of the noonday sun?

Historical Examples

Ah, let me hope that the noonday will keep the promise of the dawn!

As for having a bee in her bonnet that was beyond discussion, as clear as noonday.

Men on the earth thought it was noonday and tried to do double their daily work.

We were unable to get a noonday observation on account of the haze.

It was in this spirit that I returned home in the broad sunshine of noonday.

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Word Origin and History for noonday

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Origin of noonday