post meridiem
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin post (“after”) + merīdiem, accusative singular of merīdiēs (“noon, midday”).
Adverb
post meridiem (not comparable)
- After noon, in the afternoon.
- 1853, John Drew, Manual of Astronomy: A Popular Treatise on Descriptive, Physical, and Practical Astronomy, with a Familiar Explanation of Astronomical Instruments and the Best Methods of Using Them, Second Edition,[1] George Bell, page 237,
- The civil day begins at midnight, and reckons 12 hours ante meridiem, or before noon, and 12 hours post meridiem, or after noon.
- 1923, Christopher Morley, The Powder of Sympathy,[2] Doubleday, Page & Company, page 84,
- We reached that amiable town around two hours post meridiem, exceedingly hungry from our anxieties en route.
- 1853, John Drew, Manual of Astronomy: A Popular Treatise on Descriptive, Physical, and Practical Astronomy, with a Familiar Explanation of Astronomical Instruments and the Best Methods of Using Them, Second Edition,[1] George Bell, page 237,