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Noon   /nun/   Listen
noun
Noon  n.  
1.
The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.
2.
Hence, the highest point; culmination. "In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed."
High noon, the exact meridian; midday.
Noon of night, midnight. (Poetic)



verb
Noon  v. i.  To take rest and refreshment at noon.



adjective
Noon  adj.  No. See the Note under No. (Obs.)



Noon  adj.  Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Noon" Quotes from Famous Books



... sun, the monarch of the sky; I pluck his eyrie in the blasted wood Of ragged pines, and when the vulture screams, I track his flight along the solitude, Like some dark spirit in the world of dreams! When Noon in golden armor, travel spent, Climbing the azure plains of Heaven, alone, Pitches upon its topmost steep his tent, And looks o'er Nature from his burning throne, I loose my little shallop from its quay, And down the winding rivers ...
— The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 • Various

... they reached the Inn it was noon, and still there was no word of Nancy. The dinner was a silent one, as the Marquis tactfully did not disturb his companions' preoccupation, and Mrs. Frost, who was unusually nervous, did ...
— The Inn at the Red Oak • Latta Griswold

... He must have came in on the noon train. Anyhow, I found him—like that." The two men hurried toward the road, side ...
— Heart of the Sunset • Rex Beach

... the sandy beach, Arthur and his sister, with their father and mother, went back to their hotel. Evening was coming on and it was time for supper, or dinner as it is called in fashionable seaside hotels, for the principal meal is served in the evening instead of at noon. ...
— The Story of a Plush Bear • Laura Lee Hope

... not laid into the ground till Sunday towards noon. His funerals were made without any ceremony; and, besides Antonio de Sainte Foy, Francis d'Aghiar, and two others, there were not any more assistants. An historian of the Indies has written, that the unsupportable coldness of that day, was the occasion of ...
— The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVI. (of 18) - The Life of St. Francis Xavier • John Dryden


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