pharaonic

adj
/ˌfɛəɹeɪˈɒnɪk/UK/ˌfɛɹeɪˈɑnɪk/US

Etymology

From Latin Pharaōn- (stem of Pharaō (“Pharaoh”)) + -ic, originally modelled on German pharaonisch.

  1. derived from pharaonisch

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a pharaoh.

  2. Impressively large or luxurious.

    • It could be argued there is a note of shared significance to both deaths. Both feel like reminders that the real divide, so starkly present at this Pharaonic sporting super-show, is between the powerful and the powerless.
    • Mark Zuckerberg sculpts his pharaonic Hawaii compound. He and his ilk own the present.
  3. Tyrannical or brutally oppressive.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. Of or pertaining to infibulation as a means of female genital mutilation.

    2. Alternative letter-case form of pharaonic.

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