Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

noontide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: noon-tide
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Literary

noun

Climax; high point.

Example Sentences

"[…] I haue bedymn'd / The Noone tide Sun, call'd forth the mutenous windes, / And twixt the greene Sea, and the azur'd vault / Set roaring warre: […]"
"The favorite noontide mess of the Andalusian peasantry; consisting of cucumbers shred fine, bread-crumbs, oil, vinegar, and water fresh from the spring."
"Around them all, Negroes carried gunboats of mashed potatoes, spinach, shrimp, zucchini, pot roast, to the long, glittering steam tables, preparing to feed a noontide invasion of Yoyodyne workers."
"Yet there are noble passages in his later poems: and even the latest have their own peculiar charm of serenity and kindliness,—a tranquil sunset, as it were, succeeding not unmeetly to the fiery splendours of his noontide course."

Etymology

From Middle English non-tyde, from Old English nōntīd (“noontide”), equivalent to noon + tide.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: non-tyde, nōntīd

Usage

Literary

Inflected Forms

noontides (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

morningtide eventide eve even forenight beforenoon early bright foreday

Synonyms

meridian nones sext 12 o'clock 12 noon 12 p.m. high noon meridiem midday noon noonday noontime

Questions

What does noontide mean?: Midday, noon.
Where does noontide come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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