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Definition of Midday
1. Noun. The middle of the day.
Group relationships: 24-hour Interval, Day, Mean Solar Day, Solar Day, Twenty-four Hour Period, Twenty-four Hours
Generic synonyms: Hour, Time Of Day
Definition of Midday
1. n. The middle part of the day; noon.
2. a. Of or pertaining to noon; meridional; as, the midday sun.
Definition of Midday
1. Noun. noon; 12 o'clock during the day ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Midday
1. the middle of the day [n -DAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Midday
Literary usage of Midday
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1860)
"... the horizontal intensity diminishes, the inclination augments, and the
declination has its mean value (about ten hours before midday); when it proceeds ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... midday, noonday (rather more definite and formal than "noon"), ... See HEIGHT.
noon, a. midday, noonday, meridional (rare), meridian (rare). noose, n. ..."
3. Anthology of Russian Literature from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Leo Wiener (1903)
"In English translation are to be found: Scarce cooled from midday heat and The
Spring-Storm, by John Pollen, in Rhymes from the Russian, London, 1891; ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Of or pertaining to midday or noon; noonday: as, ... midday repose or indulgence ;
nooning: used specifically as in the quotations. ..."
5. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1813)
"Clear weather—Little wind from midday till six o'clock r. M. steering VN w. ...
Till midday, chiefly calm. The current bore the vessel towards the South. ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"At midday each group assembled for the Ángelus, after which came dinner and a
siesta; work was then resumed until evening, when the labourers returned ..."
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