noontide
Americannoun
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the time of noon; midday.
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the highest or best point or part.
the noontide of one's theatrical career.
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Literary, Archaic. midnight.
Etymology
Origin of noontide
before 1000; Middle English nonetyde, Old English nōntīd. See noon, tide 1
Example Sentences
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Soon they were stealing through the green, noontide depths of Mossflower Wood.
From Literature
North and further north they ran, while the pallid noontide came and went and the twilight wrapped itself again around the world.
From Literature
He sent cool breezes To temper the burning heats of noontide.
From Project Gutenberg
The hot sun poured down its noontide rays, the dust arose in parching clouds, and followed with the wind their flagging footsteps.
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So through life's morning, noontide, evening, may Ideal hopes dawn, fade, and reappear.
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