/fair'ay on"ik, far'-/ , adj.
1. ( sometimes l.c. ) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
2. ( usually l.c. ) impressively or overwhelmingly large, luxurious, etc.: a construction project of pharaonic proportions.
3. ( l.c. ) cruelly oppressive; tyrannical: pharaonic tax laws.
[ 1850-55; Pharaon- (s. of Pharaó PHARAOH) + -IC ]