Noon

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Noon \Noon\ (n[=o]n), a.
     No. See the Note under {No}. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Noon \Noon\, a.
     Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional.
     --Young.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Noon \Noon\, v. i.
     To take rest and refreshment at noon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  noon
       n : the middle of the day [syn: {twelve noon}, {high noon}, {midday},
            {noonday}, {noontide}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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