noontide

[ noon-tahyd ]

noun

1. the time of noon; midday.
2. the highest or best point or part:

   the noontide of one's theatrical career.

3. Literary, Archaic. midnight.

Word History and Origins

Origin of noontide¹

before 1000; Middle English nonetyde, Old English nōntīd. See noon, tide ¹

Example Sentences

Mossflower country shimmered gently in a peaceful haze, bathing delicately at each dew-laden dawn, blossoming through high sunny noontides, languishing in each crimson-tinted twilight that heralded the soft darkness of June nights.

From Literature

North and further north they ran, while the pallid noontide came and went and the twilight wrapped itself again around the world.

From Literature

He sent cool breezes To temper the burning heats of noontide.

From Project Gutenberg

The hot sun poured down its noontide rays, the dust arose in parching clouds, and followed with the wind their flagging footsteps.

From Project Gutenberg

So through life's morning, noontide, evening, may Ideal hopes dawn, fade, and reappear.

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