Forenoon
//ˈfɔːnuːn// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Synonym of morning: the part of the day between sunrise and noon. countable, uncountable
"You are ambitious for poor knaves' caps and legs; you wear out a good wholesome forenoon in hearing a cause between an orange-wife and a fosset-seller, and then rejourn the controversy of threepence to a second day of audience."
- 2 the time period between dawn and noon wordnet
Example
More examples"You are ambitious for poor knaves' caps and legs; you wear out a good wholesome forenoon in hearing a cause between an orange-wife and a fosset-seller, and then rejourn the controversy of threepence to a second day of audience."
Etymology
From Middle English forenone, equivalent to fore- + noon.
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