pacquet

See also: Pacquet

English

Noun

pacquet (plural pacquets)

1. Obsolete form of packet.
   • 1792, Charlotte Smith, “Letter XIV. To Mr. Bethel.”, in Desmond. […], volume I, London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge,] J[ohn] and J[ames] Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 276:

     Dear Bethel, I here broke off, on receiving intelligence that a meſſenger from Marſeilles had a pacquet to deliver to me.

   • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 26:

     My maid was inquired for below, and the pacquet delivered into her hands, with an injunction that she should give it me when I was alone, and say it came from a lady at Marseilles.

Verb

pacquet (third-person singular simple present pacquets, present participle pacquetting, simple past and past participle pacquetted)

1. Obsolete form of packet.

References

• “pacquet”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pakat, pekette

Etymology

Either from Middle French pacquet, or formed independently from pak +‎ -et (which in any case it is equivalent to).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpakit/, /ˈpakɛt/

Noun

pacquet (plural pacquetz)

1. (rare, Late Middle English) packet

Descendants

• English: packet
• Scots: packet

References

• “paket, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-04.