[fair-ey-on-ik, far-] 
| 1. | (sometimes lowercase ) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor. |
| 2. | (usually lowercase) impressively or overwhelmingly large, luxurious, etc.: a construction project of pharaonic proportions. |
| 3. | (lowercase) cruelly oppressive; tyrannical: pharaonic tax laws. |
| Phar·aoh also phar·aoh (fâr'ō, fā'rō) n.
[Middle English Pharao, from Late Latin Pharaō, from Greek, from Hebrew par'ō, from Egyptian pr-'' : pr, house + '', great.] Phar'a·on'ic (fâr'ā-ŏn'ĭk) adj. |
