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midafternoon

Today it means: The middle of the afternoon, normally between 2 and 4 pm. Full definition →

Middle English mid-afternon

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Middle English · inherited frommid-afternon
English todaymidafternoon

From Middle English mid-afternon, myd-afternon, equivalent to mid- + afternoon.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.