afternoon

Definition

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.

Etymology

From Middle English afternone, after-non, equivalent to after- + noon.

Example Sentences

• "Theſe men ſerue God in the forenoone, and the diuell in the after noone;"
• "The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house."
• "If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on his stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking."

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