P.M.
English
Noun
P.M.
- Alternative spelling of p.m..
- 1896, Alex Armstrong, In a Mule Litter to the Tomb of Confucius[1], James Nisbet & Co., →OCLC, page 5:
- We left Chefoo at 2.30 P.M. on Monday, 15th December, and had a pretty rough bit of road immediately after we started. Going up a steep pass, almost due south of Temple Hill, made the mules blow in a most unsatisfactory manner.
- 1938 April 5, J. Marvin Weller, edited by Harriet Weller, Caravan Across China[2], San Francisco, CA: March Hare Publishing, published 1984, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 367:
- By 7:00 P.M. we had traveled 210 kilometers and reached this place, called Nei-chiang, a small inland city boasting electric lights but without other modern conveniences.
- Alternative spelling of PM.
Anagrams
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin post meridiem.
Adverb
P.M.
- post meridiem
- Antonym: A.M.