10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARMECIDAL»
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Tinsley's magazine, conducted by E. Yates
BARMECIDAL. FEAST. Love, we tell tales in the night, Dally by streams in the
noon, Sing, and our ballads of fight Banish the ghosts of the moon. Music we find
in the brake, Lent by the birds in their bowers; Dawn hangs ...
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A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded ...
(Z1845 Hood Turtles xiv, Having thro' one delighted sense, at least, Enjoy 'd a
sort of Barmecidal feast. 1845 Muz lev Blanco White, Ess. (1878) II. 115 To
reason simply on the superficies is a Barmecidal proceeding. Barmecide (baum/
said).
Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Philological Society (Great Britain), 1887
Then, in The Bride of Lammermoor, one has but to name Caleb Balderstone to
bring up the Barmecidal banquets he prepares, and the actual wedding feast of
which so large a part goes to Wolf's Crag through his agency. En passant, the
word ...
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Snatches of Song: With Verses of Lighter and More Sober Moods
A BARMECIDAL FEAST Ah there, my demagogic friend, I note With unassumed
distress, sir, Your newest scheme to catch the wary vote And its possessor.
Although I own the method is beset With some slight incongruity, It takes the cake
o'er ...
William Andrew Spalding, 1921
... us into this his other world cursed with Barmecidal memories of “ that imperial
palace whence [we] came,” and clad with his purple, which we are hopelessly
doomed to lose, shred after shred, until we are left shivering in “ entire
forgetfulness ...
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
To reason simply onthe superficies is a Barmecidal proceeding. 1854. Thackeray
, Ncwcomes, 11, 103.My dearBarmecide friend. 1863. Reader, 11, 506. Sharing
the boundless hospitality of a Barmecide. Barmy. 143 Barnaby. BARMY (or ...
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... Barmecidal, illusory, ostensible, seeming, semblant illusory adj 1 syn
FICTITIOUS 1, chimerical, fanciful, fantastic, fictional, fictive, imaginary,
suppositious, supposititious, unreal ant factual 2 syn APPARENT 2, Barmecidal,
illusive, ostensible, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
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The Wordsworth Thesaurus: For Home, Office and Study
Illusory adj. apparent, Barmecidal, beguiling, chimerical, deceitful, deceptive,
deluding, delusive, fallacious, false, hallucinatory, illusive, misleading, mistaken,
seeming, sham, unreal, unsubstantial, untrue, vain. Illustrate v. adorn, clarify, ...
Wordsworth, William, 1993
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WORKMAN. Barmecidal \,bar-mo-'si-d@l\ adj : providing only the illusion of
abundance With its cast of A-list celebrities, the movie promised to be a feast of
talent, but, alas, the feast was Barmecidal—the stars' lackluster performances
failed to ...
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The Thinker's Thesaurus: Sophisticated Alternatives to ...
Barmecidal (esp. as in “Barmecidal feast”). See illusion (6) appearance (as in
demeanor) n.: mien. See demeanor appease v.t.: dulcify. E One of Pakistan's
most notorious homegrown terrorists was elected to parliament—from prison.
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BARMECIDAL»
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When Will Nigeria Ever Have An Igbo Leader Again?
The long sought after independence finally came, but it turned out to be a “Barmecidal dish” as our leadership was steeple chasing in the tenebrous abyss of ... «NAIJ.COM, Mar 15»
In Defense of Uncertainty in the Development Approval Process
True, the ideal project that harms nobody and benefits everybody, may be barmecidal. Yet, the sporadic surge of process certainty often results ... «San Diego Free Press, Oct 14»
How '#Rich Kids of Beverly Hills' Makes 'The Wolf of Wall Street …
Why, further, did I leave the Great Gatsby bemoaning not the Barmecidal mousetrap of the American dream, but rather the director's ... «Flavorwire, Jan 14»
Young, raring to express themselves and 'going global'
From Yve Camingue, we learn the word “Barmecidal”—or illusion, as defined by Dictionary.com. “Our country provides the world an illusion of ... «Inquirer.net, Nov 13»
Solongus - Confirmed Gamblers
Under the Barmecidal mottos, all the competitors have disguised themselves as good men and sought for their dreadful dreams. The dreams ... «Korea IT Times, Oct 12»
You broke my heart, freddo
And her two preliminary words, which she also spelled correctly, were tough as well - "elaborative" and "Barmecidal." "The written test was ... «Riverside Brookfield Landmark, Jun 12»
Here's why spelling is indeed a sport
The marginal prospect got to the majors only for a demitasse. Barmecidal adj. Offering benefits that are illusory or disappointing. It wasn't long ... «ESPN, May 08»
