Speakur

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barmecide feast

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
barme-cide feast
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A meal with very little or no food

noun

Something that promises much but delivers nothing; an illusion.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From a tale in the Arabian Nights in which a rich man serves a beggar an imaginary banquet; see Barmecide.

Inflected Forms

Barmecide feasts (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

barmecidal

Questions

What does barmecide feast mean?
A meal with very little or no food
Where does barmecide feast come from?
From a tale in the Arabian Nights in which a rich man serves a beggar an imaginary banquet; see Barmecide.

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