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▪ I. sunket, n.1 and adv. Sc. and north. dial.|ˈsʌŋkɪt|
Also 7–9 sunckat, 8 sunkot, 9 suncket, sunkit.
[prob. derived from the strongly aspirated Sc. form of somewhat represented e.g. by the spelling sumquhat. With sense 2 cf. the etymological meaning of kickshaws = F. quelque chose something.]
A. n. (chiefly pl.)
1. Something, esp. something to eat.
1721Ramsay Lucky Spence iii, Lay sunkets [v.r. sunkots] up for a sair leg. a1722Pennecuik Merry Wives of Musselburgh xlix, I came unco' bravely hame, Whan I gat sunkets in my wame. 1810Stagg Minst. of N., Panic xxi. (E.D.D.) 'Twas mete that sunkets they devised This pestment to destroy.
2. A dainty, tit-bit. Also fig.
1788in Standard (1868) 21 Dec., It is resolved to meet at three o'clock to eat sunkets and drink to the glorious Revolution. 1815Scott Guy M. viii, There's thirty hearts there that wad hae wanted bread ere ye had wanted sunkets. 1818― Hrt. Midl. xviii, When they..harle us to the Correction-house..and pettle us up wi' bread and water, and siclike sunkets. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Sunkets.., dainty bits; nice feeding. 1857Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. I. xxiv. 92 Fancy an army landing in England, and holding out such sunkets to tempt submission.
†B. adv. To some extent, somewhat. Obs.
1686G. Stuart Joco-ser. Disc. 2, I's sunckat beuk-learn'd. 1790J. Fisher Poems 73 An hour, I trow, an' sunket mair.
▪ II. sunket, n.2 dial.|ˈsʌŋkɪt|
[Origin obscure.]
A simpleton, a silly fellow.
1823E. Moor Suffolk Words & Phrases 409 Sunket. A child sickly and unpromising is so called—‘Ah! 'tis a poor sunketing thing.’ 1895W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia 219 Sunket,..a contemptuous appellation of a silly fellow. 1940C. P. Snow Strangers & Brothers 21 ‘You can't take sides with those sunkets against me,’ said George. His voice had risen. We were used to the odd Suffolk words as his temper got up. |