BARMECIDAL


Meaning of BARMECIDAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌbär-mə-ˈsī-d ə l ]

adjective

or Bar·me·cide ˈbär-mə-ˌsīd

Etymology: Barmecide, a wealthy Persian, who, in a tale of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, invited a beggar to a feast of imaginary food

Date: 1842

: providing only the illusion of abundance

a Barmecidal feast

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.