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noun
Synonym of undern: originally terce and the morning, later (UK, dialectal, obsolete) noon and the early afternoon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: undern
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noun
Synonym of siesta: an afternoon nap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: siesta
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noun
An afternoon meal or snack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
From Middle English undermele, undermel (“the early part of the afternoon, midday, noon; an afternoon meal or nap”), from Old English undernmǣl (“morning, morning time; morning meal”), equivalent to undern + meal. Compare the word for midday and the word undern.
