[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

barmecide \bar"mecide\, 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

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