Dictionary entry

Junket

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Jun″ket (?), n. [Formerly also juncate, fr. It. giuncata cream cheese, made in a wicker or rush basket, fr. L. juncus a rush. See 2d Junk, and cf. Juncate.]

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.