Barmecidal

Bar·me·cid·al

adj \ˌbär-mə-ˈsī-d^əl\

Definition of BARMECIDAL

: providing only the illusion of abundance <a Barmecidal feast>

Variants of BARMECIDAL

Bar·me·cid·al or Bar·me·cide \ˈbär-mə-ˌsīd\

Origin of BARMECIDAL

Barmecide, a wealthy Persian, who, in a tale of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, invited a beggar to a feast of imaginary food

First Known Use: 1842

Rhymes with BARMECIDAL

biocidal, ecocidal, fratricidal, fungicidal, genocidal, germicidal, herbicidal, homicidal, intertidal, larvicidal, matricidal, ovicidal, parricidal, patricidal, pesticidal, regicidal, septicidal, suicidal, viricidal, virucidal