pharaonic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌfɛɹeɪˈɑnɪk/ (General-American)
- /fəˈɹɒnɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌfɛəɹeɪˈɒnɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Latin Pharaōn- (stem of Pharaō (“Pharaoh”)) + -ic, originally modelled on German pharaonisch.
Meanings
- Of or pertaining to a pharaoh.
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(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.
2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian:Mark Zuckerberg sculpts his pharaonic Hawaii compound. He and his ilk own the present.
2023 December 28, Ross Barkan, “The zeitgeist is changing. A strange, romantic backlash to the tech era looms”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Tyrannical or brutally oppressive.
- Of or pertaining to infibulation as a means of female genital mutilation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more pharaonic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| Pharaonic | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most pharaonic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pharaonically · postpharaonic · pharaonic circumcision
Translations (26)
es faraónico (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · ko 파라오의 (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · pt faraónico (impressively large or luxurious) · vo hifaraonik (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · hu fáraónikus (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · la pharaōnicus (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · gl faraónico (impressively large or luxurious) · el φαραωνικός (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · pl despotyczny (tyrannical or brutally oppressive) · ro faraonic (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · pt faraônico (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · pl olbrzymi (impressively large or luxurious) · pt faraónico (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · vo faraonik (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · ca faraònic (impressively large or luxurious) · vo jifaraonik (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · pl faraoński (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · eo faraona (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · ru фараонский (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · gl faraónico (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · ca faraònic (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · es faraónico (impressively large or luxurious) · sv faraonisk (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · pl ogromny (impressively large or luxurious) · de pharaonisch (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) · pt faraônico (impressively large or luxurious)