noontide

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English

Etymology

From Middle English noon tijd, noon tyde, from Old English nōntīd (noontide), equivalent to noon +‎ tide.

Noun

noontide (plural noontides)

  1. midday, noon

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Adjective

noontide (not comparable)

  1. midday
    • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 5 scene 1
      [] I have bedimm'd
      The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds,
      And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault
      Set roaring war []

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