noon

noon
    n 1: the middle of the day [syn: {noon}, {twelve noon}, {high
         noon}, {midday}, {noonday}, {noontide}]
    

Noon \Noon\ (n[=o]n), a.
   No. See the Note under {No}. [Obs.]
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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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Noon \Noon\, a.
   Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional.
   --Young.
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Noon \Noon\, v. i.
   To take rest and refreshment at noon.
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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