'Barmecide' definitions:
Definition of 'Barmecide'
From: GCIDE
- Barmecide \Bar"me*cide\, n. [A prince of the Barmecide family, who, as related in the "Arabian Nights' Tales", pretended to set before the hungry Shacabac food, on which the latter pretended to feast.] One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also used as an adj.: Barmecidal. "A Barmecide feast." --Dickens. [1913 Webster]