pyramidical
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of pyramidical
1615–25; < Greek pȳramidik ( ós ) of a pyramid ( pȳramid-, stem of pȳramís pyramid + -ikos -ic ) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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They are churning out large numbers of pyramidical concrete blocks, known as “dragon’s teeth,” to impede Ukraine’s fast-moving military vehicles.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
It's a pretty pyramidical structure and by the time you're in your mid-30s there's nowhere to go in the bank and you move elsewhere.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2013
Surrounded by a group of dominoes stood the kind Don Feliciano Gomez, whose shining, bald, pyramidical head overtopped the circle of ladies around him as they cracked their insufferable jokes, which sometimes bordered on insults.
From The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
Hark, now I hear the pyramidical and numberless, flame-like complainings of this Eolean pine;—the wind breathes now upon it:—the wind,—that is God's breath!
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
So, beforehand he felt the pyramidical scorn of the genuine loftiness for the whole infinite company of infinitesimal critics.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
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