luncheon
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tʃən noun
lunch, especially a formal lunch held in connection with a meeting or other special occasion: the alumni luncheon.
Origin:
1570–80; dissimilated variant of nuncheon (now dial.), Middle English none(s)chench noon drink, equivalent to none noon + schench, Old English scenc a drink, cup, akin to Old English scencan to pour out, give drink, cognate with Dutch, German schenken
1570–80; dissimilated variant of nuncheon (now dial.), Middle English none(s)chench noon drink, equivalent to none noon + schench, Old English scenc a drink, cup, akin to Old English scencan to pour out, give drink, cognate with Dutch, German schenken
Related forms
lunch·eon·less, adjective
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| —n | |
| a lunch, esp a formal one | |
| [C16: probably variant of nuncheon, from Middle English noneschench, from none | |
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Word Origin & History
luncheon
1580, nonechenche "light mid-day meal," from none "noon" + schench "drink," from O.E. scenc, from scencan "pour out." Altered by northern Eng. dial. lunch "hunk of bread or cheese" (1590), which probably is from Sp. lonja "a slice," lit. "loin." When it first appeared, luncheon meant "thick piece, hunk;"
sense of "light repast between mealtimes" is from 1650s, especially in reference to an early afternoon meal eaten by those who have a noontime dinner. Slang phrase out to lunch "insane, stupid, clueless" first recorded 1955, on notion of being "not there."
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Example sentences
Her characters, with their dry wit and sense of irony, are the sort of people you'd want to sit next to at a bad work luncheon.
The convocation was followed by a special luncheon attended by professors and administrators aplenty.
Winners in each of three categories were announced at the luncheon.
The ceremony will take place in the family chapel, followed by a luncheon.
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