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barmecidal, a.|bɑːmɪˈsaɪdəl| [f. next + -al1.] Like the Barmecide's feast; imaginarily satisfying or sumptuous; unreal, illusory.
a1845Hood Turtles xiv, Having thro' one delighted sense, at least, Enjoy'd a sort of Barmecidal feast. 1845Mozley Blanco White, Ess. (1878) II. 115 To reason simply on the superficies is a Barmecidal proceeding. |