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Pronunciation : Jun"ket
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Jun"ket
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Jun"ket
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Junketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Junketing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913