pharaonic

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˌfɛəɹeɪˈɒnɪk/
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/ˌfɛəɹeɪˈɒnɪk/ · /fəˈɹɒnɪk/ · /ˌfɛɹeɪˈɑnɪk/

Definition of pharaonic

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to a pharaoh.
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adj

  1. Of or pertaining to a pharaoh.
  2. (broadly)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. Of or pertaining to infibulation as a means of female genital mutilation.
  5. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of pharaonic.

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Etymology

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

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