pharaonic
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Pharaōn- (stem of Pharaō (“Pharaoh”)) + -ic, originally modelled on German.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
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[2]:
- 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[3], →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 edit
Translations edit
of or pertaining to a pharaoh
impressively large or luxurious
tyrannical or brutally oppressive
References edit
- ^ “Pharaonic, adj.”, in OED Online
[1], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-10-20.
