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noon /noon/ noun- The ninth hour of the day in Roman and ecclesiastical reckoning, 3pm
- Afterwards (when the church service called Nones was shifted to midday) midday
- Middle
- Greatest height, the culminating point
adjective- Belonging to, or characteristic or typical of, midday
- Meridional
intransitive verb To rest at noon ORIGIN: OE nōn, from L nōna (hōra) the ninth (hour) noonˈer noun (US informal) - An activity undertaken during the lunch break
- A brief, esp illicit, sexual encounter during the lunch break
noonˈing noun (esp US dialect) - (an interval for) a meal or rest about noon
- Midday
noonˈday noun - Midday
- The time of greatest prosperity (figurative)
adjective - Relating to midday
- Meridional
noonˈtide or noonˈtime noun (literary) The time of noon, midday adjective - Relating to noon
- Meridional
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