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noon (no̵̅o̅n)

noun

  1. twelve o'clock in the daytime; midday
  2. the highest point or culmination
  3. Rare midnight: now only in noon of night

Etymology: ME < OE non, orig., the ninth hour (by the Roman method, reckoning from sunrise: i.e., 3 p.m.) < L nona (hora), ninth (hour) < novem, nine

adjective

of or occurring at noon (midday)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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