Midday

//mɪdˈdeɪ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Noon; twelve o'clock during the day. countable, uncountable

    "One indicates the time as one hour after twelve midday or midnight."

  2. 2
    the middle of the day wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English midday, from Old English middæġ (“midday, noon”), equivalent to mid- + day. Cognate with Scots midday (“midday”), West Frisian middei (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Dutch middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), German Mittag (“noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon”), Danish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Norwegian Bokmål middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Swedish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”).

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