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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JUNK'ET, n. [See Juncate.] A sweetmeat.
1. A stolen entertainment.
JUNK'ET, v.i. To feast in secret; to make an entertainment by stealth.
1. To feast.
Job's children junketed and feasted together often.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet
2: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" [syn: excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay]
3: a trip taken by an official at public expense v
1: go on a pleasure trip [syn: junketeer, junket]
2: provide a feast or banquet for [syn: feast, banquet, junket]
3: partake in a feast or banquet [syn: feast, banquet, junket]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English ioncate, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *juncata, from Latin juncus rush Date: 15th century 1. a dessert of sweetened flavored milk set with rennet 2. a. a festive social affair b. trip, journey: as (1) a trip made by an official at public expense (2) a promotional trip made at another's expense <a film's press junket> II. intransitive verb Date: 1555 1. feast, banquet 2. to go on a junket • junketeer or junketer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a dish of sweetened and flavoured curds, often served with fruit or cream. 2 a feast. 3 a pleasure outing. 4 US an official's tour at public expense. --v.intr. (junketed, junketing) Derivatives: junketing n. Etymology: ME jonket f. OF jonquette rush-basket (used to carry junket) f. jonc rush f. L juncus

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Junket Jun"ket, n. [Formerly also juncate, fr. It. giuncata cream cheese, made in a wicker or rush basket, fr. L. juncus a rush. See 2d Junk, and cf. Juncate.] 1. A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food. How Faery Mab the junkets eat. -- Milton. Victuals varied well in taste, And other junkets. -- Chapman. 2. A feast; an entertainment. A new jaunt or junket every night. -- Thackeray.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Junket Jun"ket, v. i. To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost. Job's children junketed and feasted together often. -- South.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Junket Jun"ket, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Junketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Junketing.] To give entertainment to; to feast. The good woman took my lodgings over my head, and was in such a hurry to junket her neighbors. -- Walpole.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(junkets) If you describe a trip or visit by an official or businessman as a junket, you disapprove of it because it is expensive, unnecessary, and often has been paid for with public money. (INFORMAL) N-COUNT [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Sweetmeat, delicacy. 2. Feast, entertainment. II. v. n. Feast, banquet, indulge in feasting. III. v. a. Feast, entertain, regale.

Moby Thesaurus

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