noontide

noontide
/noohn"tuyd'/, n.
1. the time of noon; midday.
2. the highest or best point or part: the noontide of one's theatrical career.
3. Literary. midnight.
[bef. 1000; ME nonetyde, OE nontid. See NOON, TIDE]

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