noonday

[ noon-dey ]

/ ˈnunˌdeɪ /

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adjective

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

noun

midday; noon.

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Origin of noonday

First recorded in 1525–35; noon + day

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Examples from the Web for noonday

Joel and I, in the heat of the noonday sun, walked the entire perimeter of the lot.
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Evagrius, a famous hermit, blamed the “noonday demon” for tempting monks back to urban comforts.
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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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Changing the field of view to the bivouacs, they seemed serenely quiet, under cover from the noonday August sun.
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Their further conversation was interrupted by the voice of the Professor, announcing that they would halt for their noonday meal.
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Why it's as clear as the sun at noonday that he loves her purely for her virtuous soul.
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Judith swept back the curtain from the lattice, and let a flood of noonday light into the hitherto carefully darkened chamber.
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This was fired, and it threw such a light upon the breach, that it was as clear as noonday.
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British Dictionary definitions for noonday

noonday

/ (ˈnuːnˌdeɪ) /

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for noonday

noonday

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

noonday

adjective

noun

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