noontimen.

Brit.

/ˈnuːntʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈnunˌtaɪm/

Forms: see noon n. and time n., int., and conj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: noon n., time n.

Etymology: < noon n. + time n. Compare noontide n.

1. = noontide n. 1. Also: (U.S.) an interval in the middle of the day; = nooning n. 2b.

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

OE Benedictine Office (Junius) (1957) 97 On nontiman we sculon God herian forðam on þonne timan Crist..his gast asende.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xv. 278 Antony, a dayes, aboute none tyme, Had a bridde that brouȝte hym bred.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 563 Fra þe none tyme Till it to mydday was meten on þe morne efter.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 140^v In the noone time..you must driue them to the vallyes, and shades.

a1622 E. Jocelin Mothers Legacie (1624) 52 The noone time is most used for discourse, it being all a man can doe while he eats.

1728 Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 426 The Instrument..shews the Noon-time to one or two seconds.

1780 J. Woodforde Diary 5 June (1924) I. 283 Mr. Mann's Boy..was drowned and found about Noon Time quite dead.

1834 Knickerbocker Mag. 3 283 They would sit and read for hours together from the same story book, during ‘noon time’ and ‘play time’.

1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 371/2 At noontime all Germans had assembled.

1940 Sci. Monthly 51 435/2 It is a village work-party, with a measure of last season's rice as pay and, of course, a noontime dinner in the fields.

1991 Verbatim 18 10/2 One noontime Mr. Kaplan and my father went out to lunch from my father's office on Devonshire Street.

2002 Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) (Nexis) 8 Jan. (Metro section) b1 (heading) A rain shower..brought colder temperatures with it about noontime.

2. figurative. The culminating or highest point of something (cf. noontide n. 3). Also: a decline from the highest point (cf. afternoon n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > state of or advanced condition > highest point

prickOE

heighta1050

full1340

higha1398

pointc1400

roofa1500

top-castle1548

ruff1549

acmea1568

tip1567

noontide1578

high tide1579

superlative1583

summity1588

spring tide1593

meridian1594

period1595

apogee1600

punctilio1601

high-water mark1602

noon1609

zenith1610

auge1611

apex1624

culmination1633

cumble1640

culmen1646

climax1647

topc1650

cumulus1659

summit1661

perigeum1670

highest1688

consummation1698

stretch1741

high point1787

perihelion1804

summary1831

comble1832

heading up1857

climacteric1870

flashpoint1878

tip-end1885

peak1902

noontime1903

Omega point1981

1903 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 13 476 It has been well said that every determinate age has its prophet, its poet and its philosopher:..its poet..comes in the noon-time of a period and voices its greatness.

1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1036/3 The noon-time of the genre [sc. the musical] was over.

1986 C. Kizer Nearness of You 42 Numbly we move to the noontime of our love.

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

单词	noontime
释义	noontimen. Brit. /ˈnuːntʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈnunˌtaɪm/ Forms: see noon n. and time n., int., and conj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: noon n., time n. Etymology: < noon n. + time n. Compare noontide n. 1. = noontide n. 1. Also: (U.S.) an interval in the middle of the day; = nooning n. 2b. 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 OE Benedictine Office (Junius) (1957) 97 On nontiman we sculon God herian forðam on þonne timan Crist..his gast asende. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xv. 278 Antony, a dayes, aboute none tyme, Had a bridde that brouȝte hym bred. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 563 Fra þe none tyme Till it to mydday was meten on þe morne efter. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 140^v In the noone time..you must driue them to the vallyes, and shades. a1622 E. Jocelin Mothers Legacie (1624) 52 The noone time is most used for discourse, it being all a man can doe while he eats. 1728 Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 426 The Instrument..shews the Noon-time to one or two seconds. 1780 J. Woodforde Diary 5 June (1924) I. 283 Mr. Mann's Boy..was drowned and found about Noon Time quite dead. 1834 Knickerbocker Mag. 3 283 They would sit and read for hours together from the same story book, during ‘noon time’ and ‘play time’. 1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 371/2 At noontime all Germans had assembled. 1940 Sci. Monthly 51 435/2 It is a village work-party, with a measure of last season's rice as pay and, of course, a noontime dinner in the fields. 1991 Verbatim 18 10/2 One noontime Mr. Kaplan and my father went out to lunch from my father's office on Devonshire Street. 2002 Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) (Nexis) 8 Jan. (Metro section) b1 (heading) A rain shower..brought colder temperatures with it about noontime. 2. figurative. The culminating or highest point of something (cf. noontide n. 3). Also: a decline from the highest point (cf. afternoon n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > state of or advanced condition > highest point prickOE heighta1050 full1340 higha1398 pointc1400 roofa1500 top-castle1548 ruff1549 acmea1568 tip1567 noontide1578 high tide1579 superlative1583 summity1588 spring tide1593 meridian1594 period1595 apogee1600 punctilio1601 high-water mark1602 noon1609 zenith1610 auge1611 apex1624 culmination1633 cumble1640 culmen1646 climax1647 topc1650 cumulus1659 summit1661 perigeum1670 highest1688 consummation1698 stretch1741 high point1787 perihelion1804 summary1831 comble1832 heading up1857 climacteric1870 flashpoint1878 tip-end1885 peak1902 noontime1903 Omega point1981 1903 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 13 476 It has been well said that every determinate age has its prophet, its poet and its philosopher:..its poet..comes in the noon-time of a period and voices its greatness. 1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1036/3 The noon-time of the genre [sc. the musical] was over. 1986 C. Kizer Nearness of You 42 Numbly we move to the noontime of our love. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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