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noun
1.
a lavish meal; feast.
2.
a ceremonious public dinner, especially one honoring a person, benefiting a charity, etc.
verb (used with object)
3.
to entertain or regale with a banquet: They banqueted the visiting prime minister in grand style.
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Banqueter
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
verb (used without object)
4.
to have or attend a banquet; feast: They banqueted on pheasant, wild boar, and three kinds of fish.
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Word Origin & History
banquet
late 15c., from Fr. banquet (15c.; in O.Fr. only "small bench"), from O.It. banchetto, dim. of banco "bench;" originally a snack eaten on a bench (rather than at table), hence "a slight repast between meals;" the meaning has entirely reversed.
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