Pronunciation: ˌ fer- ā - ' ä-nik
Function: adjective
Usage: often cap
Etymology: French pharaonique, from pharaon pharaoh, from Late Latin Pharaon-, Pharao
Date: circa 1828
1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a pharaoh or the pharaohs
2 : enormous in size or magnitude < pharaonic construction projects>