midday

[n. mid-dey, -dey; adj. mid-dey] Origin

mid·day

[n. mid-dey, -dey; adj. mid-dey]
noun
1.
the middle of the day; noon or the time centering around noon.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to the middle part of the day: a midday news broadcast.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English middæg. See mid-, day
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midday (ˈmɪdˈdeɪ)
 
n
a.  the middle of the day; noon
 b.  (as modifier): a midday meal

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midday
O.E. middæg, from midne dæg (cf. O.H.G. mittitag, Ger. mittag, O.N. miðdagr).
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