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Barmecidal

American  
[bahr-muh-sahyd-l] / ˌbɑr məˈsaɪd l /

adjective

  1. giving only the illusion of plenty; illusory.

    a Barmecidal banquet.

Etymology

Origin of Barmecidal

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

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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?"

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