Pharaonic

[ fair-ey-on-ik, far- ]

adjective

1. Sometimes pharonic. of or like a Pharaoh:

   living in Pharaonic splendor.

2. Usually pharonic. impressively or overwhelmingly large, luxurious, etc.:

   a construction project of pharaonic proportions.

3. pharonic, cruelly oppressive; tyrannical:

   pharaonic tax laws.

Other Words From

• pre-Phar·a·onic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pharaonic¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; from Greek Pharaōn- (stem of Pharaṓ Pharaoh ( def ) ) + -ic

Example Sentences

Pharaonic scenes, Muslim symbols, poetry, and Coptic icons—great vivid murals bloomed onto the walls.

From The Daily Beast

Twice or three times as high as the admirable Pharaonic Temple, its impudent facade rises there, painted a dirty yellow.

From Project Gutenberg

We have searched in vain for such a form among the plans of those pharaonic 351temples which have been measured.

From Project Gutenberg

Perhaps from one of the numerous pavilions which went to make up a pharaonic palace.

From Project Gutenberg

The Pharaonic temples were laid upon the surface rather than solidly rooted in the soil.

From Project Gutenberg

We have now to describe an arrangement which, though rare in the Pharaonic period, was afterwards common enough.

From Project Gutenberg