BARMECIDE

Bar"me*cide, n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also used as an adj.: Barmecidal. "A Barmecide feast." Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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