Noon
21noon — noun the bank closes at noon Syn: midday, twelve o clock, twelve hundred hours, twelve noon, high noon, noon hour, noonday; literary noontime, noontide …
22noon — [OE] Noon denotes etymologically the ‘ninth’ hour. It was adopted in the Old English period from Latin nōna, short for nōna hōra, the ‘ninth hour’. Reckoning the day from sunrise, on average six o’clock, this meant that ‘noon’ was three o’clock… …
23Noon — Recorded as Noen, Noon, Noone, this is an Anglo Irish surname, but with separate and distinct origins. Firstly it can be medieval English, and a nickname for a bright and cheerful person. This is from the word non , meaning noon, and hence the… …
24noon — noun (U) 12 o clock in the daytime; midday: We left home at noon. | He rarely gets up before noon. see also: morning, noon and night morning 1 (5) …
25noon — /noohn/, n. 1. midday. 2. twelve o clock in the daytime. 3. the highest, brightest, or finest point or part: the noon of one s career. 4. Archaic. midnight: the noon of night. [bef. 900; ME none, OE non < L nona ninth hour. See NONE2] * * * …
26noon — noun Syn: midday, twelve o clock, twelve hundred hours, twelve noon, high noon, noonday …
27noon */ — UK [nuːn] / US [nun] noun [uncountable] twelve o clock in the middle of the day They both slept until noon. We should be there by noon. • See: morning I …
28noon — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nōn ninth hour from sunrise, from Latin nona, from feminine of nonus ninth; akin to Latin novem nine more at nine Date: 13th century 1. midday; specifically 12 o clock at midday 2. archaic midnight …
29Noon — Today we know noon as midday. Before the 14c however, the word was *none and referred to the ninth hour, which was around 3 pm …
30noon — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
