Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nuncheon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nun-cheon
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A drink or light snack taken in the afternoon; a refreshment between meals.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"They used to break their fast, and nonchion [translating collation] between meals, and all summer-time had men that sold snowe up and down the streets, wherewith they refreshed their wines, of whom some were so daintie that all winter long they used to put snow into their wine, not deeming it cold enough. (I.49)"
""Yes---I left London this morning at eight o'clock, and the only ten minutes I have spent out of my chaise since that time, procured me a noonchine at Marlborough.""
"She gave him a hunk of nuncheon and a bundle of her novelettes, and he stole up to an empty garret and squatted on the bare boards."
"Lurgashall, on the road to Northchapel, is a pleasant village, with a green, and a church unique among Sussex churches by virtue of a curious wooden gallery or cloister, said to have been built as a shelter for parishioners from a distance, who would eat their nuncheon there."
"“Your Grace, Madame Lanier wishes you to have nuncheon with her.”"

Etymology

From Middle English nonshench, noneschench, nonechenche (“slight refreshment, usually taken in the afternoon”), from none (“noon”) + shench, schenche (“draught, cup”), equivalent to noon + shink (“to pour out, serve”). More at shink, skink.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: nonshench

Usage

Inflected Forms

nuncheons (plural) nonchion (alternative) noonchine (alternative) nunchion (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

luncheon

Questions

What does nuncheon mean?: A drink or light snack taken in the afternoon; a refreshment between meals.
Where does nuncheon come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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