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| Barmecidal [ brmi sd'l ] or Barmecide [ brmi sīd ] |
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falsely abundant: abundant or lavish only in appearance and not in reality
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| [Mid-18th century. < Barmecide, prince in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments who served a series of empty dishes to a hungry beggar to test his sense of humour] |
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