Meanings
pharaonic1
comparative more pharaonic · superlative most pharaonic · alternative Pharaonic
- Of or pertaining to a pharaoh.
- broadlyImpressively large or luxurious.
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, →ISSN1 more example
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 - Tyrannical or brutally oppressive.
- Of or pertaining to infibulation as a means of female genital mutilation.
Pharaonic2
comparative more Pharaonic · superlative most Pharaonic
- Alternative letter-case form of pharaonic.
Origin
- Germanpharaonisch
- LatinPharaōn-
- Englishpharaonic
From Latin Pharaōn- (stem of Pharaō (“Pharaoh”)) + -ic, originally modelled on German pharaonisch.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan faraònic, faraònic
- faraònicof or pertaining to a pharaoh
- faraònicimpressively large or luxurious
Esperanto faraona
- faraonaof or pertaining to a pharaoh
German pharaonisch
- pharaonischof or pertaining to a pharaoh
Greek φαραωνικός
- φαραωνικός (faraonikós)of or pertaining to a pharaoh
Hungarian fáraónikus
- fáraónikusof or pertaining to a pharaoh
Korean 파라오의
- 파라오의 (palaoui)of or pertaining to a pharaoh
Latin pharaōnicus
- pharaōnicusof or pertaining to a pharaoh
Polish faraoński, olbrzymi
- faraońskiof or pertaining to a pharaoh
- olbrzymiimpressively large or luxurious
- ogromnyimpressively large or luxurious
- despotycznytyrannical or brutally oppressive
Portuguese faraônico, faraónico
- faraônicoof or pertaining to a pharaoh
- faraónicoof or pertaining to a pharaoh
- faraônicoimpressively large or luxurious
- faraónicoimpressively large or luxurious
Romanian faraonic
- faraonicof or pertaining to a pharaoh
Russian фараонский
- фараонский (faraonskij)of or pertaining to a pharaoh
Spanish faraónico, faraónico
- faraónicoof or pertaining to a pharaoh
- faraónicoimpressively large or luxurious
Swedish faraonisk
- faraoniskof or pertaining to a pharaoh
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
pharaonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharaonic
“pharaonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharaonic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pharaonic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharaonic.
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