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beforenoon

noun

Etymology

From before + noon. Probably modelled after afternoon.

  1. inherited from nōn — “the ninth hour”
  2. inherited from noen
  3. compounded as beforenoon — “before + noon”

Definitions

  1. Forenoon.

    • […] But if the month and day be on the right hand, as July 26, then they South at 6 h. 14 min. in the Morning, or Beforenoon, contrary to the ſignification of the Letters, A. for afternoon, and B. for beforenoon; and ſo of the reſt.

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