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Noon definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NOON, n. [ said to be from naw, that is up or ultimate, that limits, also nine. I has been supposed that the ninth hour, among the Romans, was the time of eating the chief meal; this hour was three o'clock, P.M. In Danish, none is an afternooning, a collation.]
1. The middle of the day; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock.
2. Dryden used the word for midnight. "At the noon of night."
NOON, a. Meridional.
How of the noon bell.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the middle of the day [syn: noon, twelve noon, high noon, midday, noonday, noontide]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English n?n ninth hour from sunrise, from Latin nona, from feminine of nonus ninth; akin to Latin novem nine — more at nine Date: 13th century 1. midday; specifically 12 o'clock at midday 2. archaic midnight — used chiefly in the phrase noon of night 3. the highest point

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 twelve o'clock in the day, midday. 2 the culminating point. Etymology: OE non f. L nona (hora) ninth hour: orig. = 3 p.m. (cf. NONE(2))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Noon Noon, a. Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional. --Young.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Noon Noon, v. i. To take rest and refreshment at noon.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Noon Noon, a. No. See the Note under No. [Obs.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Noon Noon, n. [AS. n?n, orig., the ninth hour, fr. L. nona (sc. hora) the ninth hour, then applied to the church services (called nones) at that hour, the time of which was afterwards changed to noon. See Nine, and cf. Nones, Nunchion.] 1. The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime. 2. Hence, the highest point; culmination. In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed. --Motley. High noon, the exact meridian; midday. Noon of night, midnight. [Poetic] --Dryden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Noon is twelve o'clock in the middle of the day. The long day of meetings started at noon... Our branches are open from 9am to 5pm during the week and until 12 noon on Saturdays. = midday N-UNCOUNT: oft prep N see also high noon 2. Noon means happening or appearing in the middle part of the day. The noon sun was fierce... He expected the transfer to go through by today's noon deadline. = midday ADJ: ADJ n 3. morning, noon and night: see morning

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Mid-day, twelve o'clock, meridian, noonday, noontide. 2. Prime, zenith. II. a. Meridional.

Moby Thesaurus

acme, apex, apogee, brow, cap, capstone, climax, cloud nine, crest, crown, culmen, culmination, edge, eight bells, extreme limit, extremity, heaven, heavens, height, high noon, highest pitch, highest point, limit, maximum, meridian, meridiem, midday, mountaintop, ne plus ultra, no place higher, noonday, nooning, noonish, noonlight, noonlit, noontide, noontime, not a soul, peak, pinnacle, pitch, point, pole, ridge, seventh heaven, sky, spire, summit, tip, tip-top, top, upmost, upper extremity, uppermost, utmost, vertex, very top, zenith