Barmecide

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adjective

Of the nature of a Barmecide feast.

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Meanings

adjectiveBarmecide (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf the nature of a Barmecide feast.

    It was a curious sort of a feast, I reflected, in appearance indeed, an entertainment of the Barmecide stamp, for there was absolutely nothing to eat.

    1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
  2. broadlynot comparableimaginary; illusory; sham.
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APA

Barmecide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Barmecide

MLA

“Barmecide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Barmecide. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Barmecide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Barmecide.

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