barmecidal

English

Alternative forms

• Barmecidal

Etymology

See Barmecide feast.

Adjective

barmecidal (comparative more barmecidal, superlative most barmecidal)

1. unreal; illusory

   a barmecidal meal

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “barmecidal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)