pyramidical

Also pyr·a·mid·ic

[pir-uh-mid-i-kuhl]

adjective

1. pyramidal.

Other Word Forms

• pyramidically adverb
• subpyramidic adjective
• subpyramidical adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pyramidical¹

1615–25; < Greek pȳramidik ( ós ) of a pyramid ( pȳramid-, stem of pȳramís pyramid + -ikos -ic ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

They are churning out large numbers of pyramidical concrete blocks, known as “dragon’s teeth,” to impede Ukraine’s fast-moving military vehicles.

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“We have a very pyramidical, hierarchical management style in France,” Chardin says.

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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.

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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.

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It is wholly an artificial hill, somewhat pyramidical in shape, and 170 feet in height.

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