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.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English middæg. See mid-, day

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midday (ˈmɪdˈdeɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a.  the middle of the day; noon
 b.  (as modifier): a midday meal

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Word Origin & History

midday
O.E. middæg, from midne dæg (cf. O.H.G. mittitag, Ger. mittag, O.N. miðdagr).
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Example sentences
Eventually, atomic clocks would say it was midday in the middle of the night.
He hopes that hot midday meals will be an incentive, if he can find the money
  to pay for them.
In a more relaxed, less plugged-in era, office workers would rise up midday to
  break away.
Plus it makes for an easy midday sensory break from the aquarium crowds.
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