junket English · revision 1963

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkɪt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It comes from Middle English ''jonket'', ''ioncate'' “a rush basket”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) probably [[bor|la-med|iuncata|t=rush basket]]^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) or Old North French ''jonquette'',^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(RHWU) from [[la|iuncus|t=rush]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) It is related to [[jonquil]].^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A basket, originally of rushes, especially one for catching or carrying fish (1382).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A kind of cream cheese or curds was made in a rush basket or served on rush mats, and from about 1450–1460 that dish was called a junket too;^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) Italian ''giuncata'' has the same sense.^(Etymonline) The word then meant any dainty or sweet dish,^(OED 1989) and by about 1530 a feast or banquet,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) perhaps through the idea of a picnic basket.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995) From 1814 it meant a pleasure trip,^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and by 1886 in American English a trip taken by an official at public expense with no obvious public benefit.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1382 – a rush basket.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * c1460 – a cream cheese or curds.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1530 – a feast or banquet.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1555 – verb, to feast.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1814 – a pleasure trip.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1886 – a trip at public expense.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A trip made by an official at public expense, or a promotional trip paid for by a business.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A pleasure trip, party or banquet.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A sweet dessert of flavoured milk set with rennet.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To go on a junket.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To feast or banquet.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[junketer]]

+ * [[junketeer]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[jonquil]]

+ * [[junta]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}