luncheon
- lunch, especially a formal lunch held in connection with a meeting or other special occasion: the alumni luncheon.
Origin of luncheon
Examples from the Web for luncheon
Contemporary Examples
“Kristen Wiig did that,” said Jonze at a New York luncheon thrown for the film by Peggy Siegal.
The Mysteries of ‘Her’: Kristen Wiig’s Phone Sex Scene, Scarlett Johansson, and MoreMarlow Stern
December 11, 2013
The president was in Dallas to deliver a luncheon speech, and would only be on the ground for a couple hours.
For his part, Rouhani ascribed his failure to attend the luncheon to a lack of preparation.
Tim Gunn and jurors Isabel Toledo and Ruben Toledo will also attend the luncheon.
Michelle Obama to Host National Design Award Winners; Is This the End of Prada Marfa?The Fashion Beast Team
September 19, 2013
And for some at the luncheon, these Republican tics were an issue.
Historical Examples
As I told you, I am going over to the office after luncheon.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower
The girls will see it this morning and again when they come in to luncheon.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower
Then there is the sandwich, which always finds a place in the luncheon.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
I say my companion and I "talked" of these several sights and incidents as I ate my luncheon.
The UnderdogF. Hopkinson Smith
"Her luncheon," some of the art-students said; but if it did, no one had ever seen her eat it.
The UnderdogF. Hopkinson Smith
luncheon
- a lunch, esp a formal one
Word Origin
Word Origin and History for luncheon
n.
"light repast between mealtimes," 1650s (lunching; spelling luncheon by 1706); earlier "thick piece, hunk," 1570s (luncheon), of uncertain origin. Perhaps northern English dialectal lunch "hunk of bread or cheese" (1580s; probably from Spanish lonja "a slice," literally "loin"), blended with or influenced by nuncheon (Middle English nonechenche, mid-14c.) "light mid-day meal," from none "noon" (see noon) + schench "drink," from Old English scenc, from scencan "pour out."
Despite the form lunching in the 1650s source OED discounts that it possibly could be from lunch (v.), which is much later. It suggests perhaps an analogy with truncheon, etc. Especially in reference to an early afternoon meal eaten by those who have a noontime dinner.