nooningn.

Brit.

/ˈnuːnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnunɪŋ/

Forms: see noon n. and -ing suffix¹; also English regional (Yorkshire) 1800s nooining, 1800s– nooinin.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: noon n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < noon n. + -ing suffix¹. With sense 2 compare noon v.

1. The time around noon; midday. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > noon or midday > [noun]

noontideeOE

middayOE

overnoonOE

noontimeOE

noona1225

undern13..

high noon1370

undern-tide1387

meridianc1390

merionc1390

meridiec1392

midoverunderna1400

high dayc1425

noon season1461

nooninga1500

noonday1535

midnoon1580

mid-seasona1616

M1741

noon-mark1842

noon1852

sun-hot1894

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 281 (MED) He has myster of nyghtys rest that nappys not in noynyng.

1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur vii. iv. 379 And so to them the nooning came, and the evening.

1926 R. Kipling Debits & Credits 231 Where the pheasant rules the nooning, and the owl the twilight tide.

1959 E. Collier Three against Wilderness 292 For day after endless day the mercury was at twenty above with the nooning, seldom dropping below the zero at night.

a. A rest taken at noon; (occasionally) resting at this time. Now rare (in later use U.S.).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > specific

nooning1552

after-dinner1576

wheta1628

High Mail1676

High Mall1712

Sabbath-day1734

Blue Monday1790

noonscape1819

noon-spell1839

children's hour1853

smoke-ho1874

welting1964

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Noonynge, or noone rest, meridiatio.

1632 P. Hausted Rivall Friends V. i As I even now came from my sheepe, I found my daughter, at her nooning forsooth, fast a slepe vpon her bed.

1847 Knickerbocker Mag. 30 231 We stopped for a short nooning at the side of a pool of rain-water.

1850 J. R. Lowell Lett. I. 193 I mean to take a nooning and lie under the trees looking at the sky.

1884 W. Shepherd Prairie Experiences 161 Through the heat of the day the sheep do not care to feed or to travel; if full they will lie down, seeking some shade... This is called nooning.

1902 O. Wister Virginian xxxi. 400 At the first running water we made a long nooning, and I slept on the bare ground.

b. English regional and U.S. regional. An interval in the middle of the day, esp. for food or rest; a lunch-break.

ΚΠ

1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 384 Noonings, workmen's dinner-time.

1865 Reader 12 Aug. 172/3 In the ‘nooning’, as it is called in New England—that is, in the space between Sunday morning and afternoon services.

1884 Harper's Mag. Nov. 830/2 The workmen, during their noonings, show equal interest.

1943 B. Devoto Year of Decision 249 Nor was the scummy standing-water of the buffalo wallows any better for them when it was all they got to drink at nooning.

2001 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 12 Jan. (Home Forum section) 23 The Rev. Mr. Bronson was busy all day except nooning.

3. A midday meal. U.S. regional in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > midday meal or lunch

noonmeatOE

noona1225

midday meala1425

noon meal?c1460

Sunday dinner1602

nooning1649

luncheona1652

noon dinner1656

nummit1777

tiffin1800

sandwich lunch1828

lunch1829

twelve hours1844

free lunch1848

midday dinner1852

Sunday lunch1854

nooning-meal1865

Mittagessen1876

business lunch1880

tray lunch1936

pub lunch1954

working lunch1954

liquid lunch1970

three-martini lunch1972

1649 Welsh Embassador 2 Her must be sure to give her her due benevolence at least twice every night, and once after her dinners called noonings.

1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Gloss. at Ad Nonam A great piece, enough to serve for a nooning or dinner of any common eater.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 72. ¶3 If he be disposed to take a Whet, a Nooning, an Evening's Draught, or a Bottle after Midnight.

1797 R. Gurney in A. J. C. Hare Gurneys (1895) I. 71 Kitty would not let us go to nooning till we had finished a lesson we were about.

1807 M. E. Rundell New Syst. Domest. Cookery (ed. 2) Misc. Observ. p. xv Where noonings or suppers are served, care should be taken [etc.].

a1833 J. T. Smith Bk. for Rainy Day (1845) 260 At this time the servant announced Nooning.

1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxxiii. 359 A German gentleman and his two young lady daughters had been taking their nooning at the inn.

1938 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 4 223 After spending about two hours in this ‘nooning’ the horses were called in from their free lunch on shrubbery and delicate flowers.

1987 Down East Nov. 68/2 On one of these beams a local carpenter was taking his ‘nooning’ seated sideways, his feet dangling out over the water.

Compounds

nooning-meal n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > midday meal or lunch

noonmeatOE

noona1225

midday meala1425

noon meal?c1460

Sunday dinner1602

nooning1649

luncheona1652

noon dinner1656

nummit1777

tiffin1800

sandwich lunch1828

lunch1829

twelve hours1844

free lunch1848

midday dinner1852

Sunday lunch1854

nooning-meal1865

Mittagessen1876

business lunch1880

tray lunch1936

pub lunch1954

working lunch1954

liquid lunch1970

three-martini lunch1972

1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys v. 52 The simple nooning meal, that needed intervention of neither knife nor fork, was eaten.

nooning-place n.

ΚΠ

1687 Henrico County Rec. Bk. 460 in Amer. Speech 15 (1940) 290 At ye head of a bottom tending to ye aforesaid Nooning place.

1849 F. Parkman Oregon Trail 422 As we approaches our nooning-place, we saw five or six buffalo.

1897 Atlantic Monthly June 797/1 I..retraced my steps, having in mind a comfortable nooning-place, out of sight of the houses, where I would eat my luncheon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nooning
释义	nooningn. Brit. /ˈnuːnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnunɪŋ/ Forms: see noon n. and -ing suffix¹; also English regional (Yorkshire) 1800s nooining, 1800s– nooinin. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: noon n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < noon n. + -ing suffix¹. With sense 2 compare noon v. 1. The time around noon; midday. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > noon or midday > [noun] noontideeOE middayOE overnoonOE noontimeOE noona1225 undern13.. high noon1370 undern-tide1387 meridianc1390 merionc1390 meridiec1392 midoverunderna1400 high dayc1425 noon season1461 nooninga1500 noonday1535 midnoon1580 mid-seasona1616 M1741 noon-mark1842 noon1852 sun-hot1894 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 281 (MED) He has myster of nyghtys rest that nappys not in noynyng. 1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur vii. iv. 379 And so to them the nooning came, and the evening. 1926 R. Kipling Debits & Credits 231 Where the pheasant rules the nooning, and the owl the twilight tide. 1959 E. Collier Three against Wilderness 292 For day after endless day the mercury was at twenty above with the nooning, seldom dropping below the zero at night. 2. a. A rest taken at noon; (occasionally) resting at this time. Now rare (in later use U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > specific nooning1552 after-dinner1576 wheta1628 High Mail1676 High Mall1712 Sabbath-day1734 Blue Monday1790 noonscape1819 noon-spell1839 children's hour1853 smoke-ho1874 welting1964 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Noonynge, or noone rest, meridiatio. 1632 P. Hausted Rivall Friends V. i As I even now came from my sheepe, I found my daughter, at her nooning forsooth, fast a slepe vpon her bed. 1847 Knickerbocker Mag. 30 231 We stopped for a short nooning at the side of a pool of rain-water. 1850 J. R. Lowell Lett. I. 193 I mean to take a nooning and lie under the trees looking at the sky. 1884 W. Shepherd Prairie Experiences 161 Through the heat of the day the sheep do not care to feed or to travel; if full they will lie down, seeking some shade... This is called nooning. 1902 O. Wister Virginian xxxi. 400 At the first running water we made a long nooning, and I slept on the bare ground. b. English regional and U.S. regional. An interval in the middle of the day, esp. for food or rest; a lunch-break. ΚΠ 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 384 Noonings, workmen's dinner-time. 1865 Reader 12 Aug. 172/3 In the ‘nooning’, as it is called in New England—that is, in the space between Sunday morning and afternoon services. 1884 Harper's Mag. Nov. 830/2 The workmen, during their noonings, show equal interest. 1943 B. Devoto Year of Decision 249 Nor was the scummy standing-water of the buffalo wallows any better for them when it was all they got to drink at nooning. 2001 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 12 Jan. (Home Forum section) 23 The Rev. Mr. Bronson was busy all day except nooning. 3. A midday meal. U.S. regional in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > midday meal or lunch noonmeatOE noona1225 midday meala1425 noon meal?c1460 Sunday dinner1602 nooning1649 luncheona1652 noon dinner1656 nummit1777 tiffin1800 sandwich lunch1828 lunch1829 twelve hours1844 free lunch1848 midday dinner1852 Sunday lunch1854 nooning-meal1865 Mittagessen1876 business lunch1880 tray lunch1936 pub lunch1954 working lunch1954 liquid lunch1970 three-martini lunch1972 1649 Welsh Embassador 2 Her must be sure to give her her due benevolence at least twice every night, and once after her dinners called noonings. 1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Gloss. at Ad Nonam A great piece, enough to serve for a nooning or dinner of any common eater. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 72. ¶3 If he be disposed to take a Whet, a Nooning, an Evening's Draught, or a Bottle after Midnight. 1797 R. Gurney in A. J. C. Hare Gurneys (1895) I. 71 Kitty would not let us go to nooning till we had finished a lesson we were about. 1807 M. E. Rundell New Syst. Domest. Cookery (ed. 2) Misc. Observ. p. xv Where noonings or suppers are served, care should be taken [etc.]. a1833 J. T. Smith Bk. for Rainy Day (1845) 260 At this time the servant announced Nooning. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxxiii. 359 A German gentleman and his two young lady daughters had been taking their nooning at the inn. 1938 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 4 223 After spending about two hours in this ‘nooning’ the horses were called in from their free lunch on shrubbery and delicate flowers. 1987 Down East Nov. 68/2 On one of these beams a local carpenter was taking his ‘nooning’ seated sideways, his feet dangling out over the water. Compounds nooning-meal n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > midday meal or lunch noonmeatOE noona1225 midday meala1425 noon meal?c1460 Sunday dinner1602 nooning1649 luncheona1652 noon dinner1656 nummit1777 tiffin1800 sandwich lunch1828 lunch1829 twelve hours1844 free lunch1848 midday dinner1852 Sunday lunch1854 nooning-meal1865 Mittagessen1876 business lunch1880 tray lunch1936 pub lunch1954 working lunch1954 liquid lunch1970 three-martini lunch1972 1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys v. 52 The simple nooning meal, that needed intervention of neither knife nor fork, was eaten. nooning-place n. ΚΠ 1687 Henrico County Rec. Bk. 460 in Amer. Speech 15 (1940) 290 At ye head of a bottom tending to ye aforesaid Nooning place. 1849 F. Parkman Oregon Trail 422 As we approaches our nooning-place, we saw five or six buffalo. 1897 Atlantic Monthly June 797/1 I..retraced my steps, having in mind a comfortable nooning-place, out of sight of the houses, where I would eat my luncheon. 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