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undern.

Synonym of terce: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am).

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Synonym of terce: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am).

    obsolete · uncountable
  2. Synonym of noon: the sixth hour of daylight (12 pm).

    obsolete · uncountable
  3. Synonym of afternoon.

    UK · dialectal · uncountable
  4. Synonym of evening.

    UK · dialectal · uncountable
  5. A light meal, particularly in the afternoon.

    UK · dialectal · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English undern, ondern, from Old English undern (“third hour of the day; nine o'clock; morning”), from Proto-Germanic *undurniz (“interval”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥ter, *h₁enter (“between”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch onder, dialectal German Untern, dialectal Swedish undarn.

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