Junket Definition
jŭngkĭt
junkets
noun
junkets
A pleasure trip.
Webster's New World
A party, banquet, or outing.
American Heritage
Milk sweetened, flavored, and thickened into curd with rennet.
Webster's New World
A feast or picnic.
Webster's New World
An excursion, as by a public official, paid for out of public funds.
Webster's New World
verb
To go on a junket or excursion, esp. one paid for out of public funds.
Webster's New World
To entertain at a feast.
Webster's New World
To go on a junket.
American Heritage
Origin of Junket
Middle English jonket rush basket, preparation of cream or milk served on rushes, feast modern French dialectal (Normandy) jonquette a kind of dessert made with boiled milk French jonchée container made of rushes for draining soft cheeses, soft cheese made in such a container all untimately from Latin iuncus rush
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Origin uncertain.
From Wiktionary
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