Noontide: Difference between revisions

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-= noontide =
 == English ==
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 '''noontide''' (plural '''noontides''')
-# ''(literary)'' Midday; noon.
+# ''(literary)'' [[midday|Midday]]; [[noon]].
-# ''(figuratively)'' A climax or high point.
+#* “I have bedimm'd the '''noontide''' sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds...” — William Shakespeare, ''The Tempest''
+#* “The favorite '''noontide''' mess of the Andalusian peasantry...” — Miguel de Cervantes, ''Don Quixote''
+#* “...preparing to feed a '''noontide''' invasion of Yoyodyne workers.” — Thomas Pynchon, ''The Crying of Lot 49''
+#: '''Synonyms:''' [[meridian]], [[nones]], [[sext]]
+#: '''Hypernyms:''' [[tide]], [[time]]
+#: '''Coordinate terms:''' [[morningtide]], [[eventide]], [[eve]], [[even]], [[forenight]]
+# ''(figuratively)'' [[climax|Climax]]; [[high point]].
+#* “...a tranquil sunset succeeding not unmeetly to the fiery splendours of his '''noontide''' course.” — F. D. Morice, ''Pindar''
-==== Synonyms ====
+#: '''Synonyms:''' [[peak]], [[pinnacle]], [[zenith]]
-* Midday sense: [[meridian]], [[nones]], [[sext]]
-* Figurative sense: [[peak]], [[pinnacle]], [[zenith]]
 === Usage in Media ===
-==== Example Usage ====
+==== Walkthrough / Context Video ====
-The term appears in literary or poetic contexts describing the height of day or metaphorical culmination.
+<youtube>jT4yE8CfFyE</youtube>
+==== Additional Example ====
+The word '''noontide''' appears at approximately 7:02 in the YouTube video ''[[https://youtu.be/p8mxhfsVuIo?si=rQhxHp72Pi7VHJFV The Silmarillion in 30(ish) Minutes]]'' by ''[[https://www.youtube.com/@Jess_of_the_Shire Jess of the Shire]]''.
 <youtube>p8mxhfsVuIo</youtube>
-==== Walkthrough / Context Video ====
+=== Translations ===
-<youtube>jT4yE8CfFyE</youtube>
+==== Midday; noon ====
+* Bulgarian: пладне (n), обед (m)
+* German: Mittagsstunde (f), Mittagszeit (f), Mittag (m)
+* Russian: по́лдень (m)
+==== Climax; high point ====
+* See [[climax]]
 === References ===
-<references />
+Wiktionary contributors, "noontide," Wiktionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=noontide&oldid=84823628 (accessed February 17, 2026).
+Jess of the Shire. 2025. Review of the Silmarillion in 30(Ish) Minutes. https://youtu.be/p8mxhfsVuIo?si=fjEtLHaZwT50imoO.
 [[Category:English nouns]]
-[[Category:Literary terms]]
+[[Category:English literary terms]]
+[[Category:English compound terms]]
 [[Category:Time]]
 [[Category:Figurative language]]