midday

[n. mid-dey, -dey; adj. mid-dey] /n. ˈmɪdˈdeɪ, -ˌdeɪ; adj. ˈmɪdˌdeɪ/

noun

the middle of the day; noon or the time centering around noon.

adjective

of or pertaining to the middle part of the day:

a midday news broadcast.

Origin

before 1000; Middle English; Old English middæg. See mid-, day

Examples from the web for midday

Eventually, atomic clocks would say it was midday in the middle of the night.
It's an extra-special midday pick-me-up, or an all-in-one weeknight dinner.
Plus it makes for an easy midday sensory break from the aquarium crowds.
But a clock, chiming out her own name twelve times, warned her that it was midday and time to get up.
For in the midst of laughter they had got ready the midday meal, a sweet meal and abundant, for they had sacrificed many cattle.
Fast-food companies are also adding midday and late-night snacks, such as blended drinks and wraps.
Across the river, the corrugated-iron roofs of a prefabricated barracks glint in the midday sun.
He stays there drinking banana beer until midday, then comes home to eat.
The protesters were listless in the midday furnace of the equatorial sun but their message was fierce and clear.
He hopes that hot midday meals will be an incentive, if he can find the money to pay for them.

British Dictionary definitions for midday

/ˈmɪdˈdeɪ/

noun

Word Origin and History for midday

Old English middæg "midday, noon," contracted from midne dæg (cf. Old High German mittitag, German mittag, Old Norse miðdagr); see mid + day.