Junket — Defs

01 n. A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.

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.
3.
A trip made at the expense of an organization of which the traveller is an official, ostensibly to obtain information relevant to one's duties; especially, a trip made by a public official at government expense. The term is sometimes used opprobriously, from a belief that such trips are often taken for private pleasure, and are therefore a waste of public money; as, a congressional junket to a tropical country.

02 v. i. To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost.

1.
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.

03 v. t. To give entertainment to; to feast.

imp. & p. p. Junketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Junketing

1.
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.