pharaonic
English
Alternative forms
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)
- Of or pertaining to a pharaoh.
- (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.
- Tyrannical or brutally oppressive.
- Of or pertaining to infibulation as a means of female genital mutilation.
Derived terms
Translations
of or pertaining to a pharaoh
impressively large or luxurious
tyrannical or brutally oppressive
References
- “Pharaonic, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-10-20.
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