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单词 Barmecide
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Definition of Barmecide in English:

Barmecide

adjectiveˈbɑːmɪsʌɪdˈbɑrməˌsaɪd
rare
  • Illusory or imaginary and therefore disappointing.

    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.

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.

 
 

Definition of Barmecide in US English:

Barmecide

(also Barmecidal)
adjectiveˈbärməˌsīdˈbɑrməˌsaɪd
rare
  • attributive Illusory or imaginary and therefore disappointing.

    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.

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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