Pharisaic

Definition: Pharisaic

Pharisaic

Adjective

1. Excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile".

Date "pharisaic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

Synonyms: Pharisaic

Synonyms: holier-than-thou (adj), pharisaical (adj), pietistic (adj), pietistical (adj), sanctimonious (adj), self-righteous (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Pharisaic

English words defined with "pharisaic": Pharisean. (references)

Specialty definitions using "pharisaic": Stone of Stumbling. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Examination of Pharisaic Traditions/Exame Das Tradicoes Phariseas Supplemented by Semuel Da Silva's Treatise on the Immortality of the Soul/Tratado D: Exame Das Tradicoies Phariseas - Facsimile of the Unique Copy in the Royal Library of Copenhagen - Suppl (reference) From Politics to Piety: The Emergence of Pharisaic Judaism (reference) Jesus and the Jews: The Pharisaic Tradition in John (reference) Pharisaic Judaism in Transition (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Pharisaic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pharisaic" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	6	143,867

Language		Translations for "pharisaic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		prej fariseu (pharisaical), hipokrit (affected, double dealing, double faced, double-dealer, hypocrite, hypocritical, jesuitic, jesuitical, Pecksniff, pharisaical, pharisee, phoney, phony). (various references)

Bulgarian		фарисейски (self-righteous), лицемерен (canting, double faced, false, hypocritical, jesuitic, jesuitical, simon-pure, smooth, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smooth-faced). (various references)

Finnish		farisealainen (Pharisee). (various references)

German		pharisäisch (pharisaical, self-righteous). (various references)

Greek		φαρισαϊκόσ (self-righteous). (various references)

Hungarian		farizeusi (self-righteous), szenteskedő (goody, goody-goody, sanctified, sanctimonial). (various references)

Manx		fariseeagh, breag-chraueeagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		arisaicphay

Portuguese		faraó (faro). (various references)

Russian		фарисейский (pharisaical, self-righteous). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		licemeran (churchy, hypocritical, jesuitic, jesuitical), farisejski. (various references)

Spanish		farisaico (pharisaical, self-righteous). (various references)

Swedish		fariseisk. (various references)

Turkish		ikiyüzlü (counterfeiter, double, double dealing, double-dealer, hypocrite, hypocritical, insincere, janus-faced, pharisaical, pharisee, shammer, simulator, smooth tongued, smooth-faced, smoothie, soft spoken, two faced), iki yüzlü (ambidexter, ambidextrous, bilateral, disingenuous, dissembler, double dealing, double faced, double-dealer, double-minded, double-tongued, false, hypocrite, hypocritical, insincere, left handed, pharisaical, shammer, slimy, smooth tongued, smooth-faced, smoothie, two sided), farisilere ait (pharisaical). (various references)

Ukranian		фарисейський (pharisaical). (various references)

Vietnamese		đạo đức giả; giả dối; rất hình thức (pharisaical). (various references)

Welsh		Phariseaidd (Pharisaical). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "pharisaic": pharisaical, pharisaically, pharisaicalness, pharisaicalnesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Pharisaic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: faisait, Parysatis, pharasaic, Pharsalia. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-h-i-i-p-r-s"
	-1 letter: charpais, haircaps, parchisi.
	-2 letters: airship, aphasic, charpai, haircap, pachisi, pariahs, picaras, raphias.
	-3 letters: capias, capris, chairs, charas, chirps, ischia, pachas, pariah, parish, phasic, picara, rachis, raphia, raphis, scarph.
	-4 letters: acari, aphis, apish, arias, aspic, caphs, carpi, carps, chair, chaps, chars, chias, chips, chirp, craps, crash, crisp, haars, hairs, harps, pacas, pacha, pairs, paisa, paras.
	-5 letters: aahs.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-h-i-i-p-r-s"
	+2 letters: aphrodisiac, pharisaical.
	+3 letters: aphrodisiacs, cardinalship, chairmanship, parochialism, patriarchies.
	+4 letters: anaphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal, calligraphies, calligraphist, cardinalships, cardiopathies, chairmanships, haruspication, parochialisms, pharisaically, stratigraphic.
	+5 letters: anaphrodisiacs, aphoristically, archiepiscopal, calligraphists, cardiographies, discographical, haruspications, hyperparasitic.
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