Barmecide - English meaning
Barmecide – definitions in English dictionary
adjectiveIllusory or imaginary and therefore disappointing.
Usage examples:
Hence the expression ‘barmecide feast’, a useful metaphor for, well, loads of things… use your imag…
nounA person who offers benefits that are illusory or disappointing.
Usage examples:
These phagocytes, deceived the barmecide, are made at my own house.
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Word origin
early 18th century (as a noun): from Arabic Barmakī, the name of a prince in the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, who gave a beggar a feast consisting of ornate but empty dishes.
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