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[syn: noon, twelve noon, high noon, midday, noonday, noontide]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Noon \Noon\ (n[=o]n), a.
No. See the Note under No. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Noon \Noon\ (n[=oo]n), n. [AS. n[=o]n, orig., the ninth hour,
fr. L. nona (sc. hora) the ninth hour, then applied to the
church services (called nones) at that hour, the time of
which was afterwards changed to noon. See Nine, and cf.
Nones, Nunchion.]
1. The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in
the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.
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2. Hence, the highest point; culmination.
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In the very noon of that brilliant life which was
destined to be so soon, and so fatally,
overshadowed. --Motley.
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High noon, the exact meridian; midday.
Noon of night, midnight. [Poetic] --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Noon \Noon\, a.
Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional.
--Young.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Noon \Noon\, v. i.
To take rest and refreshment at noon.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
noon
n 1: the middle of the day [syn: noon, twelve noon, high
noon, midday, noonday, noontide]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "noon":
acme, apex, apogee, brow, cap, capstone, climax, cloud nine, crest,
crown, culmen, culmination, edge, eight bells, extreme limit,
extremity, heaven, heavens, height, high noon, highest pitch,
highest point, limit, maximum, meridian, meridiem, midday,
mountaintop, ne plus ultra, no place higher, noonday, nooning,
noonish, noonlight, noonlit, noontide, noontime, not a soul, peak,
pinnacle, pitch, point, pole, ridge, seventh heaven, sky, spire,
summit, tip, tip-top, top, upmost, upper extremity, uppermost,
utmost, vertex, very top, zenith