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barmecidal

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Bar⋅me⋅cid⋅al

  [bahr-muh-sahyd-l]
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–adjective
giving only the illusion of plenty; illusory: a Barmecidal banquet.
Also, Barmecide.

Origin:
1835–45; Barmecide + -al 1
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Bar·me·cid·al   (bär'mĭ-sīd'l)   
adj.  Plentiful or abundant in appearance only; illusory: a Barmecidal feast.

[After Barmecide, a nobleman in The Arabian Nights, who served an imaginary feast to a beggar.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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