† meridiesn.

Forms: 1600s meridies.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin merīdiēs.

Etymology: < classical Latin merīdiēs noon (see meridian adj.). Compare meridie n.The Latin word is found earlier in English contexts; compare:OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. iii. 112 Se dæg hæfð þreo todælednyssa. Seo forme hatte mane (þæt ys ærnemerigen), and seo oðer ys gecweden meridies, and seo þridde ys geciged suppremum. ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 126^v Mydday hatte meridies, as it were, þe myddel of þe day. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mĕri·diˌīz) /mᵻˈrɪdɪiːz/.

Obsolete. rare.

= meridian n. 4a.In quot. a1667 used humorously with reference to the middle point of night; cf. night's meridian at meridian n. 2a.

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the world > the universe > sun > position > [noun] > apex

meridianc1425

meridies1650

solar apex1875

1650 J. Poole Country Astrol. 63 Capricorne governeth over the heart of the meridies, over the earth, melancholie, the knees, over the beginning of the Winter.

a1667 A. Cowley Several Disc. by Way of Ess., Verse & Prose 110 in Wks. (1668) About the hour that Cynthia's Silver light Had touch'd the pale Meridies of the night.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	meridies
释义	† meridiesn. Forms: 1600s meridies. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin merīdiēs. Etymology: < classical Latin merīdiēs noon (see meridian adj.). Compare meridie n.The Latin word is found earlier in English contexts; compare:OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. iii. 112 Se dæg hæfð þreo todælednyssa. Seo forme hatte mane (þæt ys ærnemerigen), and seo oðer ys gecweden meridies, and seo þridde ys geciged suppremum. ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 126^v Mydday hatte meridies, as it were, þe myddel of þe day. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mĕri·diˌīz) /mᵻˈrɪdɪiːz/. Obsolete. rare. = meridian n. 4a.In quot. a1667 used humorously with reference to the middle point of night; cf. night's meridian at meridian n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sun > position > [noun] > apex meridianc1425 meridies1650 solar apex1875 1650 J. Poole Country Astrol. 63 Capricorne governeth over the heart of the meridies, over the earth, melancholie, the knees, over the beginning of the Winter. a1667 A. Cowley Several Disc. by Way of Ess., Verse & Prose 110 in Wks. (1668) About the hour that Cynthia's Silver light Had touch'd the pale Meridies of the night. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1650
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