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noun
Synonym of terce: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: terce
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of noon: the sixth hour of daylight (12 pm).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: noon
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noun
Synonym of afternoon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, uncountable
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Synonyms: afternoon
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noun
Synonym of evening.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, uncountable
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Synonyms: evening
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noun
A light meal, particularly in the afternoon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, uncountable
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History
From Middle English undern, ondern, from Old English undern (“third hour of the day; nine o'clock; morning”), from Proto-Germanic *undurniz (“interval”), from Proto-Indo-European *h1n̥ter, *h1enter (“between”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch onder, dialectal German Untern, dialectal Swedish undarn.
Across languages
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