noonday

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noonday

  • /ˈnundeɪ/

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From noon + day.

noun noondays

  1. countable, uncountable The time of noon; the time of day when the sun is highest in the sky, especially on a hot day. 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.
  2. countable, figuratively, uncountable The time of greatest prosperity.

Similar: midday, noon, noontime

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noun

Similar: midday, noon, noontime

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"noonday." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/noonday. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

noonday. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/noonday

Chicago

"noonday." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/noonday.

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@misc{noonday_2026,
  title = {noonday},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/noonday},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}