the noonday heat

  • 1Noonday — Noon day , a. Of or pertaining to midday; meridional; as, the noonday heat; only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun. Noonday walks. Addison. [1913 Webster +PJC] …

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  • 2noonday — noun The time of noon; the time of day when the sun is highest in the sky, especially on a hot day. She should not walk, he said, through the dust and heat of the noonday;Nay, she should ride like a queen, not plod along like a peasant. Syn:… …

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  • 3noonday — noon|day [ˈnu:ndeı] adj [only before noun] literary happening or appearing at noon = ↑midday ▪ It was impossible to work in the heat of the noonday sun …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 4noonday — adjective literary happening or appearing at noon: in the heat of the noonday sun …

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  • 6The Third Man — This article is about the film. For other uses, see The Third Man (disambiguation). The Third Man cinema release poster Directed by Carol Reed …

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  • 7sleepy — sleepy, *drowsy, somnolent, slumberous mean affected by a desire to sleep or inducing such a desire. Sleepy, the ordinary term of this group, applies not only to persons but to things that suggest a resemblance to persons who show a readiness to… …

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  • 8abroad — /euh brawd /, adv. 1. in or to a foreign country or countries: famous at home and abroad. 2. in or to another continent: Shall we go to Mexico or abroad this summer? 3. out of doors; from one place to another; about: No one was abroad in the… …

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  • 9abroad — a•broad [[t]əˈbrɔd[/t]] adv. 1) in or to a foreign country or countries: famous at home and abroad[/ex] 2) in or to another continent 3) out of doors; away from one s home: There was no one abroad in the noonday heat[/ex] 4) spread around; in… …

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  • 10Rapithwin —    Lord of the Noonday Heat in Persian mythology …

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