"noonday" meaning in All languages combined

See noonday on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: noondays [plural]
Etymology: From noon + day. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|noon|day}} noon + day Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} noonday (countable and uncountable, plural noondays)
  1. The time of noon; the time of day when the sun is highest in the sky, especially on a hot day. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-noonday-en-noun-8X86K~Ev
  2. (figurative) The time of greatest prosperity. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-noonday-en-noun-ouOPjxEf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: midday [time], noon, noontime, midday Derived forms: noonday devil

Inflected forms

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