Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bancketting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: banck-et-ting
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Overindulgence, debauchery, or riotous behaviour.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Now I cannott lett you go without putting you in mynd what I said the last day in the Bancketting House at Whitehall."
"1563 Romans 13:12 given in Common Places of Christian Religion, Wolfgang Musculus trans. John Man (1512-1569), pub R. Wolfe, London The nyghte is paste, and the Daye is come on, let us therfore cast of the workes of darknes, & put one the armoure of lyght, & let us walke honestely, as in the day time, not in bancketting and dronkennes, in chambrynge and wontonnes."
"9 April 1550 A Sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the xiiii. day of December,Thomas Lever, Publisher: John Daie and William Seres. …waste at greye gaming, glotonous bancketting, and suche riote,…"

Usage

Questions

What does bancketting mean?: Banqueting.

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