pharaonic
adj/ˌfɛəɹeɪˈɒnɪk/UK/ˌfɛɹeɪˈɑnɪk/US
Etymology
From Latin Pharaōn- (stem of Pharaō (“Pharaoh”)) + -ic, originally modelled on German pharaonisch.
- derived from pharaonisch
Definitions
Of or pertaining to a pharaoh.
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.
Tyrannical or brutally oppressive.
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Of or pertaining to infibulation as a means of female genital mutilation.
Alternative letter-case form of pharaonic.
The neighborhood
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