noonday

noun
/ˈnundeɪ/

Etymology

From noon + day.

  1. inherited from *dʰegʷʰ- — “to burn
  2. inherited from *dagaz — “day
  3. inherited from *dag
  4. inherited from dæġ
  5. inherited from day
  6. compounded as noonday — “noon + day

Definitions

  1. The time of noon

    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. The time of greatest prosperity.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA