nonteet

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English non-tyde, from Old English nōntīd (“noontide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːnˈtiːt/

Noun

nonteet

1. noontide rest
   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, line 14-16, in APPENDIX:

     It is called in local dialect “enteet,” or more properly nonteet (noontide)—“the noontide rest."

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   Synonyms: enteete, saasty

Coordinate terms

• arich (“morning”)
• eatheet (“evening”)
• neeght (“night”)

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 128