pharaonically

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adverb

In a pharaonic fashion (especially of female circumcision by infibulation).

Scrabble 23

Meanings

adverbpharaonically (comparative more pharaonically, superlative most pharaonically)

comparative more pharaonically · superlative most pharaonically

  1. In a pharaonic fashion (especially of female circumcision by infibulation).
    1 more example

    The entranceway to Tomb 19 had been cut in ancient times through a rock spur, with a gently downward-sloping ramp and vertical sides approaching a square door that had three decorated jambs. In many ways it resembles a modern single-car garage, but with a high ceiling and pharaonically painted walls.

    2010, Donald P Ryan, Beneath the sands of Egypt: adventures of an unconventional archaeologist, page 16

Origin

  1. Egyptianpr
  2. Egyptianꜥꜣ
  3. Egyptianpr-ꜥꜣ
  4. Biblical Hebrewפַּרְעֹה
  5. Koine GreekΦαραώ (Pharaṓ)
  6. LatinPharaōn-
  7. Germanpharaonischinflu.
  8. Englishpharaonic
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  12. Proto-Germanic*līką
  13. Englishpharaonically

From pharaonic + -ally.

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Chicago

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