What does "barmecide" mean?

Of the nature of a Barmecide feast.

What is a synonym for "barmecide"?

Common synonyms include: airy, all in the mind, apparent, autistic, chimerical, deceptive.

Barmecide

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Adjective

1
Of the nature of a Barmecide feast. not-comparable
"It was a curious sort of a feast, I reflected, in appearance indeed, an entertainment of the Barmecide stamp, for there was absolutely nothing to eat."
2
imaginary; illusory; sham. broadly, not-comparable

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airy all in the mind apparent autistic chimerical deceptive

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"It was a curious sort of a feast, I reflected, in appearance indeed, an entertainment of the Barmecide stamp, for there was absolutely nothing to eat."

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