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banquet.

A large celebratory meal; a feast.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbæŋkwɪt//ˈbæŋkɪt/obsolete

  1. A large celebratory meal; a feast.

  2. A ceremonial dinner party for many people.

  3. A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bankiz Proto-West Germanic *banki Lombardic bankbor. Italian banco Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Italian -etto Italian banchettoder. Middle French banquetbor. Middle English banket English banquet From Middle English banket, from Middle French banquet, from Italian banchetto (“light repast between meals, snack eaten on a small bench”, literally “a small bench”), from banco (“bench”), from Lombardic *bank, *panch (“bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Akin to Old High German bank, banch (“bench”), Old English benċ (“bench”). More at bank, bench. The unetymological /w/ resulted from spelling-pronunciation.

verb/ˈbæŋkwɪt//ˈbæŋkɪt/obsolete

  1. To participate in a banquet; to feast.

    intransitive

  2. To have dessert after a feast.

    obsolete

  3. To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bankiz Proto-West Germanic *banki Lombardic bankbor. Italian banco Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Italian -etto Italian banchettoder. Middle French banquetbor. Middle English banket English banquet From Middle English banket, from Middle French banquet, from Italian banchetto (“light repast between meals, snack eaten on a small bench”, literally “a small bench”), from banco (“bench”), from Lombardic *bank, *panch (“bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Akin to Old High German bank, banch (“bench”), Old English benċ (“bench”). More at bank, bench. The unetymological /w/ resulted from spelling-pronunciation.

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