forenoonn.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːnuːn/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrˌnun/

Etymology: < fore prep. + noon n.

1. The portion of the day before noon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [noun]

morn-tideeOE

mornOE

undermealOE

morrowlOE

yeender12..

morningc1275

morrow-tidec1300

morn-whilea1325

morningc1400

forenoon1511

morning-tide1530

matins1604

ante-noon1686

mane1727

a.m.1757

ack emma1909

1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xxv We..spent that fore noone there in prayers and deuocion.

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias iii. 10 At tenne of the Clocke in the fore noone.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 168 When..the Nights [are] yet cold, water in the Fore-noons.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxiii. 12 The Fore-noons being dedicated to Business.

1838 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 107 He sat with me one forenoon, last week.

1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxvi. 352 He begged us to start for our forenoon's walk.

2. attributive.

ΚΠ

a1602 W. Perkins Cases of Consc. (1619) 325 Some persons..are good forenoone-men, but bad afternoone-men.

1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 138 Physicians that they call fore-noon men..because commonly they are drunk in the after-noon.

a1806 Young Beichan & Susie Pye xxxviii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. liii. 471/1 Then out and spak the forenoon bride.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. viii. 383 My stormy forenoon watch is at length over.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 8 The forenoon shadow.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	forenoon
释义	forenoonn. Brit. /ˈfɔːnuːn/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌnun/ Etymology: < fore prep. + noon n. 1. The portion of the day before noon. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [noun] morn-tideeOE mornOE undermealOE morrowlOE yeender12.. morningc1275 morrow-tidec1300 morn-whilea1325 morningc1400 forenoon1511 morning-tide1530 matins1604 ante-noon1686 mane1727 a.m.1757 ack emma1909 1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xxv We..spent that fore noone there in prayers and deuocion. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias iii. 10 At tenne of the Clocke in the fore noone. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 168 When..the Nights [are] yet cold, water in the Fore-noons. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxiii. 12 The Fore-noons being dedicated to Business. 1838 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 107 He sat with me one forenoon, last week. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxvi. 352 He begged us to start for our forenoon's walk. 2. attributive. ΚΠ a1602 W. Perkins Cases of Consc. (1619) 325 Some persons..are good forenoone-men, but bad afternoone-men. 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 138 Physicians that they call fore-noon men..because commonly they are drunk in the after-noon. a1806 Young Beichan & Susie Pye xxxviii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. liii. 471/1 Then out and spak the forenoon bride. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. viii. 383 My stormy forenoon watch is at length over. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 8 The forenoon shadow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1511
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