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