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单词 rere-banquet
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rere-banquetn.

Brit. /ˈrɪəˌbaŋkwɪt/, U.S. /ˈrɪ(ə)rˌbæŋkwᵻt/
Forms: 1500s–1600s reere-banket, 1500s–1600s rere-banket, 1500s–1600s 1800s– rere-banquet, 1600s rear-banquet, 1600s reer-banquet.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rear- comb. form, banquet n.1
Etymology: < rear- comb. form (compare forms at that entry) + banquet n.1 Compare rere-supper n. and rere feast n.
Now historical and rare.
A sumptuous meal taken late at night in addition to the usual evening meal. Also figurative. Cf. rere-supper n.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > retiring or secondary meal
voideec1374
rere-suppera1393
void1461
rere-banquet1530
after-meala1600
after-supper1600
postpast1603
rere feast?1615
arrière supper1889
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 262/1 Rere banket, ralias.
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iii. xvi. 66 The fairies or witches, being at a reere banket.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 237 He came..in the after noone, and finding the king at a rere-banquet,..turned back againe.
1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. Introd. 6 The booke of Littletons tenures is their breakfast, their dinner, their boier, their supper, and their rere-banquet.
1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron 26 b Being disposed to a rere-banquet after dinner.
1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 29 Accoutred with a reere-banket, to belull the abused soule with the sleepe of an incessant surfet.
1659 Lady Alimony ii. iii. sig. Ci Balls, Treats, Reer-Banquets, Theatral Receipts To solace tedious hours.
1858 H. Staunton Plays of Shakespeare I. 385/1 (note) The gentlemen of Shakespeare's age appear to have dined about eleven o'clock, and then to have retired, either to a garden-house, or other suitable apartment, and enjoyed their rere-banquet or dessert.
1945 M. B. S. Strode-Jackson Tansy Taniard ii. 26 An occasion of great conviviality with much quaffing of ale and sac, and Spanish wines at supper, followed by a rere-banquet and more wines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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