"middle of the day," first used by Coverdale (1535), from noon + day. As an adjective from 1650s. Old English had non tid "noon-tide, midday, noon," also non-tima "noon, noon-time, midday."
noob
noodle
nook
nookie
noon
noonday
noose
nopal
no-parking
nope
no-place
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