pyramidical
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Etymology
Origin of pyramidical
1615–25; < Greek pȳramidik ( ós ) of a pyramid ( pȳramid-, stem of pȳramís pyramid + -ikos -ic ) + -al 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
It is on the borders of the coal country—that village, and all around it rise the great pyramidical slag heaps of the pits.
From No Man's Land by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)
A lofty hill to the south of the town, has a pyramidical erection of granite in memory of John Knill, born in 1733.
From The Cornish Riviera by Haslehust, E. W.
On one side was engraved a temple, on the other a flaming altar, with the words nil nisi vobis; on the pyramidical cover stood a Roman soldier leaning on his shield.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
