post meridiem

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin post merīdiem, from Latin post (after) + merīdiem, accusative singular of merīdiēs (noon, midday).

Adverb

post meridiem (not comparable)

  1. After noon, in the afternoon.
    • 1725, Church of Scotland. General Assembly, “Index of the ACTS of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland held in the Year 1725, which are not here printed.”, in Compilation of Scans of The Principal Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1721–1730, digitised for George Mosman in 2008, (mistitled by Google Books as if relating to 1721 only), Edinburgh, Scotland: James Davidson & Robert Fleming, 5th Section: The Principal Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Conveened at Edinburgh, the 6th of May, 1725, page 29 of 1725 Section, 5th page of Index):
      Some new Commissions produced, and Additions made to Committees, eodem die, Sess. 7. post meridiem.
    • 1853, John Drew, Manual of Astronomy: A Popular Treatise on Descriptive, Physical, and Practical Astronomy, with a Familiar Explanation of Astronomical Instruments and the Best Methods of Using Them, Second Edition, George Bell, page 237,
      The civil day begins at midnight, and reckons 12 hours ante meridiem, or before noon, and 12 hours post meridiem, or after noon.
    • 1923, Christopher Morley, The Powder of Sympathy, Doubleday, Page & Company, page 84,
      We reached that amiable town around two hours post meridiem, exceedingly hungry from our anxieties en route.

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