单词 | noondays |
释义 | † noondaysn. Obsolete. 1. about noondays: about the middle of the day, around noon. rare. ΚΠ 1478 R. Cely Let. 26 Mar. (1975) 18 The xxij day of Marche I saw iij as greyt harttys..as euer I sau in my lyue, abowte none dayes, and the same day at euyn I hard a fesaunte koce crow. a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 51 (MED) Thay went ham out of þe Cite Softely about noon dayes. 2. at noondays: in the middle of the day, at noon. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > noon or midday > [adverb] a-noonc1410 at noondays1531 at (the) noonday1535 noontimes1915 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xiv. sig. Gvi They no lasse be astonied, than of commyng out of a darke house at noone dayes, they were sodaynly striken in the eyen with a bright sonne beame. 1537 tr. H. Latimer Serm. to Clergie sig. A.viiv They are to be lyghted with waxe candelles,..yea at noone dayes. 1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 66 Is it not cleerer than the sun at noondayes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Midi He that looks for night at noone-dayes may well be tearmed mad, or blind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1478 |
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