JUNKET


Meaning of JUNKET in English

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.