noonday
Noun
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Noun
noonday
- The time of noon; the time of day when the sun is highest in the sky, especially on a hot day.
- 1858 — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Courtship of Miles Standish, part 9
- She should not walk, he said, through the dust and heat of the noonday;
Nay, she should ride like a queen, not plod along like a peasant.
- She should not walk, he said, through the dust and heat of the noonday;
- 1858 — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Courtship of Miles Standish, part 9
- (figurative) The time of greatest prosperity.
- (time of noon) midday, noon, noontime; see also Thesaurus:midday
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