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Definition of Barmecide in English: Barmecideadjectiveˈbɑːmɪsʌɪdˈbɑrməˌsaɪd rare Illusory or imaginary and therefore disappointing. 〈罕〉画饼充饥的；口惠而实不至的 Example sentencesExamples - Your lighter boxes of family papers went upstairs into a Barmecide room.
- All virtuality is a Barmecide feast and Internet is virtuality par excellence.
- Hence the expression ‘Barmecide feast’, a useful metaphor for, well, loads of things… use your imagination.
- For if all these experiences relieved the boredom of a well-brought-up young lady's life in Mayfair, they nonetheless proved a Barmecide feast.
Synonyms delusory, delusional, delusive
noun ˈbɑːmɪsʌɪdˈbɑrməˌsaɪd A person who offers benefits that are illusory or disappointing. Example sentencesExamples - Mince this online prescriptions pharmacy, croaked the Barmecide, by eating heartily of it.
- The Barmecide caressed Schacabac mightily, and told him, "I not only forgive the blow you have given me, but I desire henceforward we should be friends.
- These phagocytes, deceived the Barmecide, are made at my own house.
OriginEarly 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. Definition of Barmecide in US English: Barmecide(also Barmecidal) adjectiveˈbärməˌsīdˈbɑrməˌsaɪd rare attributive Illusory or imaginary and therefore disappointing. 〈罕〉画饼充饥的；口惠而实不至的 Example sentencesExamples - Hence the expression ‘Barmecide feast’, a useful metaphor for, well, loads of things… use your imagination.
- Your lighter boxes of family papers went upstairs into a Barmecide room.
- All virtuality is a Barmecide feast and Internet is virtuality par excellence.
- For if all these experiences relieved the boredom of a well-brought-up young lady's life in Mayfair, they nonetheless proved a Barmecide feast.
Synonyms delusory, delusional, delusive
nounˈbärməˌsīdˈbɑrməˌsaɪd rare A person who offers benefits that are illusory or disappointing. Example sentencesExamples - These phagocytes, deceived the Barmecide, are made at my own house.
- Mince this online prescriptions pharmacy, croaked the Barmecide, by eating heartily of it.
- The Barmecide caressed Schacabac mightily, and told him, "I not only forgive the blow you have given me, but I desire henceforward we should be friends.
OriginEarly 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. |