noun
Meaning 1
Noon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: high noon
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
noontime
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noun
Meaning 2
Approximately noon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the noontime hours
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The time at which something peaks in some way (e.g., in vitality, in influence, in reknown) (by analogy with the waxing of the sun each day).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From noon + time, perhaps an innovation of earlier English noontide (“noontime”), from Middle English noon tijd, from Old English nōntīd (“noontime”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English merian, merion (“noontime”) from Old French meriiene, merīane (“noontime”).