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noone en · PRON · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ˈnəʊwʌn/

Etymology

From no + one. Compare Middle English noone, noon, noan (“noone”). More at none.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, nonstandard) Nonstandard spelling of no one.
   alt of no one

noone en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈnuːn/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English none, noune, from Old English nōn (“noon; the ninth hour”). Cognate with Dutch noen, Icelandic nón. More at noon.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of noon.
   alt of noon
   • And let thy muſtie vapours march ſo thicke, That in their ſmoakie rankes, his ſmothred light May ſet at noone, and make perpetuall night. 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC, signature F3, verso:

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