noon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the middle of the day
    high noon; twelve noon; noontide; midday; noonday.

WordNet

Noon adjective
Definitions
  1. No. See the Note under No. Obs.
Noon noun
Etymology
AS. nn, 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.
Definitions
  1. The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.
  2. Hence, the highest point; culmination.
    In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed. Motley.
Noon adjective
Definitions
  1. Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional. Young.
Noon intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To take rest and refreshment at noon.

Webster 1913