noun
1.
2.
twelve o'clock in the daytime.
3.
the highest, brightest, or finest point or part: the noon of one's career.
4.
Archaic. midnight: the noon of night.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. the middle of the day; 12 o'clock in the daytime or the time or point at which the sun crosses the local meridian |
| b. (as modifier): the noon sun | |
| 2. | poetic the highest, brightest, or most important part; culmination |
| [Old English nōn, from Latin nōna (hōra) ninth hour (originally 3 p.m., the ninth hour from sunrise)] | |
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Word Origin & History
noon
1140, non "midday, 12 o'clock p.m., midday meal," from O.E. non "3 o'clock p.m.," also "the canonical hour of nones," from L. nona hora "ninth hour" of daylight, by Roman reckoning about 3 p.m., from nona, fem. sing. of nonus "ninth" (see nones). Meaning shift from "3 p.m."
to "12 p.m." began during 12c., when time of Church prayers shifted from ninth hour to sixth hour, or perhaps because the customary time of the midday meal shifted, or both. The shift was complete by 14c. (cf. same evolution in Du. noen). Noonday was first used by Coverdale (1535).
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Example sentences
At noon tanks and anti-aircraft guns start shooting, apparently into the air but casting fear into many a heart.
To be able to rise at noon and still be a big shot comes with a steep price, however.
Or a language that uses subject-verb-object word order in the morning and object-verb-subject word order after noon.
He lived in a vast cave, and his custom was to tell over his herds of sea-calves at noon, and then to sleep.
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