Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or taking place in the morning.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Preceding noon; pertaining to the forenoon.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or relating to morning; that happens in the morning.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Being before noon; in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev. a. m.)
WordNet 3.0
- adj. before noon
Etymologies
- Latin antemerīdiānus : ante-, ante- + merīdiānus, of noon; see meridian. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“As upon a world canopied with storm, hung with mourning purple and habited in black, did Mr. Flitcroft turn his morning face at eight o'clock antemeridian Monday, as he hied himself to his daily duty at the Washington National Bank.”
“AS upon a world canopied with storm, hung with mourning purple and habited in black, did Mr. Flitcroft turn his morning face at eight o'clock antemeridian Monday, as he hied himself to his daily duty at the Washington National Bank.”
“He is supposed to coom frae the mill at ten o'clock, antemeridian!”
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Tweets
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Prolagus Cathemeral! Aug 2, 2008
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bilby Postmeridian! Aug 2, 2008
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bilby Good morning, Wordies! Aug 1, 2008