junket

[ juhng-kit ]
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noun
  1. a sweet, custardlike food of flavored milk curdled with rennet.

  2. a pleasure excursion, as a picnic or outing.

  1. a trip, as by an official or legislative committee, paid out of public funds and ostensibly to obtain information.

verb (used without object)
  1. to go on a junket.

verb (used with object)
  1. to entertain; feast; regale.

Origin of junket

1
1350–1400; Middle English jonket<Old French (dial.) jonquette rush basket, equivalent to jonc (<Latin juncus reed) + -ette-ette

Other words from junket

  • jun·ket·er, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for junket

junket

/ (ˈdʒʌŋkɪt) /


noun
  1. an excursion, esp one made for pleasure at public expense by a public official or committee

  2. a sweet dessert made of flavoured milk set to a curd with rennet

  1. a feast or festive occasion

verb
  1. (intr) (of a public official, committee, etc) to go on a junket

  2. to have or entertain with a feast or festive gathering

Origin of junket

1
C14 (in the sense: rush basket, hence custard served on rushes): from Old French (dialect) jonquette, from jonc rush, from Latin juncus reed

Derived forms of junket

  • junketer, junketter or junketeer, noun
  • junketing, noun

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