pharaonic

English

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Etymology

From Latin Pharaōn- (stem of Pharaō (“Pharaoh”)) +‎ -ic, originally modelled on German.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˌfɛəɹeɪˈɒnɪk/

Adjective

pharaonic (comparative more pharaonic, superlative most pharaonic)

  1. Of or pertaining to a pharaoh.
  2. (by extension) Impressively large or luxurious.
    • 2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian‎:
      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.
    • 2023 December 28, Ross Barkan, “The zeitgeist is changing. A strange, romantic backlash to the tech era looms”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      Mark Zuckerberg sculpts his pharaonic Hawaii compound. He and his ilk own the present.
  3. Tyrannical or brutally oppressive.
  4. Of or pertaining to infibulation as a means of female genital mutilation.

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References
  1. “Pharaonic, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠‎, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-10-20.

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