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luncheon

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lunch⋅eon

  [luhn-chuhn]
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–noun
lunch, esp. a formal lunch held in connection with a meeting or other special occasion: the alumni luncheon.
Origin:
1570–80; dissimilated var. of nuncheon (now dial.), ME none(s)chench noon drink, equiv. to none noon + schench, OE scenc a drink, cup, akin to OE scencan to pour out, give drink, c. D, G schenken

Related forms:
lunch⋅eon⋅less, adjective
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lunch·eon   (lŭn'chən)   
n.  

  1. A lunch, especially a formal one.

  2. An afternoon party at which a light meal is served.


[Probably alteration (influenced by dialectal lunch, hunk of cheese or bread) of obsolete nuncheon, light snack, from Middle English nonshench : none, noon; see noon + schench, drink (from Old English scenc, from scencan, to pour out).]
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