The time at which something peaks in some way (e.g., in vitality, in influence, in reknown) .
Origin
From , perhaps an innovation of earlier English noontide, from Middle English noon tijd, from Old English nōntīd. Eclipsed non-native Middle English merian, merion from Old French meriiene, merīane.
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