I. ˈju̇ŋkə̇t, ˈjəŋ- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English jonket, junket, from (assumed) Old North French jonquette rush basket, diminutive of Old French jonchee, jonchie, from jonc rush, from Latin juncus — more at jonquil
dialect Britain : basket ; especially : one for carrying or catching fish
II. ˈjəŋkə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English ioncate, probably from Old Italian giuncata cream cheese, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin juncata, from Latin juncus rush
1.
a. : a cream cheese or a dish of curds and cream
b. : a dessert of sweetened, flavored milk that is set in a smooth jelly by rennet
c. obsolete : a sweet dish, confection, or other delicacy
2.
a. : a festive social affair : feast , banquet , party
the farm kitchen frequently was the setting for a country dance or junket — Marilyn Fenno
b.
(1) : a pleasure trip, cruise, or outing
the junkets … attract hundreds of vacationers — Charles Rawlings
a high-speed junket to a tropical port — William McFee
our first junket by Italy's railroad system — Claudia Cassidy
(2) : a pleasure trip or tour made by an official at public expense ostensibly for purposes of inspection, investigation, or other public business
unnecessary junkets by state employees are taking big hunks out of the pockets of … taxpayers — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union
this journey clearly is more than a junket — W.H.Lawrence
(3) : a tour or journey of any kind
the best description of a lecturing junket ever written — E.A.Weeks
an agricultural junket through nine European countries — Newsweek
back from a business junket through the eastern United States — E.T.Sager
III. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
intransitive verb
1. : to make an entertainment : hold a junket : feast
2. : to go on a junket : tour
junketed like contemporary tourists — New York Herald Tribune
transitive verb
: entertain , feast
these cowled academicians junketed and entertained princes — Norman Douglas