|farə|sāik, -āēk also |fer- adjective
Etymology: Late Latin pharisaicus, from Late Greek pharisaikos, from Greek pharisaios Pharisee + -ikos -ic
1. usually capitalized : of or relating to the Pharisees
2. sometimes capitalized : pharisaical
the pharisaic voice of a society wholly absorbed in barricading itself against the unpleasant — Edith Wharton