forenoonn.
/ˈfɔːnuːn/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌnun/ 1. The portion of the day before noon.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [noun]
morn-tideeOE
mornOE
undermealOE
morrowlOE
yeender12..
morningc1275
morrow-tidec1300
morn-whilea1325
morningc1400
forenoon1511
morning-tide1530
matins1604
ante-noon1686
mane1727
a.m.1757
ack emma1909
1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xxv We..spent that fore noone there in prayers and deuocion.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias iii. 10 At tenne of the Clocke in the fore noone.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 168 When..the Nights [are] yet cold, water in the Fore-noons.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxiii. 12 The Fore-noons being dedicated to Business.
1838 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 107 He sat with me one forenoon, last week.
1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxvi. 352 He begged us to start for our forenoon's walk.
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a1602 W. Perkins Cases of Consc. (1619) 325 Some persons..are good forenoone-men, but bad afternoone-men.
1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 138 Physicians that they call fore-noon men..because commonly they are drunk in the after-noon.
a1806 Young Beichan & Susie Pye xxxviii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. liii. 471/1 Then out and spak the forenoon bride.
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. viii. 383 My stormy forenoon watch is at length over.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 8 The forenoon shadow.
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