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afternoon (n.)
c. 1300, from
after
+
noon
. In 15c.-16c., the form was
at afternoon
; from c. 1600 it has been
in the afternoon
. Middle English also had
aftermete
"afternoon, part of the day following the noon meal," mid-14c.
