- pronunciation:
- nun
- features:
- Word History
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
twelve o'clock in the daytime; midday.
It is usually hottest at noon. |
Noon is from an Old English word,
non, which means "ninth." Until some time during the 1100s, noon was the ninth hour of daylight, which was three o'clock in the afternoon.