English Explanatory Dictionary

middle day

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Midday; noon.

Word forms

middle day middle-day middleday

Etymology

From middle + day. Cognate with Old High German mittiltag (“noon, midday”). Compare also similarly formed Middle English middelniȝt, middel-niht (“midnight”, literally “middle-night”).

Synonyms

12 o'clock 12 noon 12 p.m. high noon meridian meridiem midday nones noon noonday noontime noon-time noontide sext twelve undern undermeal undertide
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