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Barmecidal

[ bahr-muh-sahyd-l ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

giving only the illusion of plenty; illusory:
a Barmecidal banquet.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Barmecidal¹

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

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�� 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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