Barmecidal

[bahr-muh-sahyd-l]

adjective

1. giving only the illusion of plenty; illusory.

   a Barmecidal banquet.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Barmecidal¹

First recorded in 1835–45; Barmecide + -al ¹

Example Sentences

What would a dull-eyed glutton, famishing, not with hunger but with the cravings of digestive ferocity, find in Thackeray's "Memorials of Gormandizing" or "Barmecidal Feasts?"

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• false 
• hallucinatory 
• misleading 
• unreal 
• whimsical