Noon
[nuːn] or [nun]
Definition
(a.) No. See the Note under No.
(n.) The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.
(n.) Hence, the highest point; culmination.
(a.) Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional.
(v. i.) To take rest and refreshment at noon.
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Definition
n. the ninth hour of the day in Roman and ecclesiastical reckoning three o'clock P.M.: afterwards (when the church service for the ninth hour called Nones was shifted to midday) midday: twelve o'clock: middle: height.—adj. belonging to midday: meridional.—v.i. to rest at noon.—n. Noon′day midday: the time of greatest prosperity.—adj. pertaining to midday: meridional.—ns. Noon′ing a rest about noon: a repast at noon; Noon′tide the tide or time of noon: midday.—adj. pertaining to noon: meridional.
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Examples
- A twilight calm of happiness then succeeding to their radiant noon, they remained at peace, until a strange voice in the room startled them both. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- What with loss of sleep, arduous exercise, and a full belly, Tarzan of the Apes slept the sun around, awakening about noon of the following day. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He knew with the first breath he drew that the snow had been only a freak storm in the mountains and it would be gone by noon. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She, had no business to lounge away the noon on a sofa. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It's nearly noon. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Noon approached, and after many adieux and promises to return, he tore himself away. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- About noon I dragged myself wearily to the portals of a huge building which covered perhaps four square miles and towered two hundred feet in the air. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The work went on, until the noon-bell rang. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He himself arrived at Getty's front about noon, but his troops were yet far in the rear. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Our way lay through some of the best streets of Villette, streets brightly lit, and far more lively now than at high noon. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Warren followed Wilson and reached the Wilderness Tavern by noon, took position there and intrenched. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I often walked all day, through the burning noon and the arid afternoon, and the dusk evening, and came back with moonrise. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The city basked under the noon-day sun, and the venerable walls formed its picturesque boundary. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- From within the city neither shout nor cry, nor aught except the casual howling of a dog, broke the noon-day stillness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- About noon we espied far to our right what was evidently an incubator, and Lorquas Ptomel directed Tars Tarkas to investigate it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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