pharaonic

Definition

Of or pertaining to a pharaoh.

Etymology

From Latin Pharaōn- (stem of Pharaō (“Pharaoh”)) + -ic, originally modelled on German pharaonisch.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "Mark Zuckerberg sculpts his pharaonic Hawaii compound. He and his ilk own the present."