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typhonic

UK/taɪˈfɒnɪk/US/taɪˈfɑnɪk/

typhonic adjective: relating to a typhoon.

Adjective (1)

typhonic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a typhoon.
    • a typhonic gale

Adjective (2) capitalized: Typhonic

Typhonic (comparative more Typhonic, superlative most Typhonic)

  1. Of or relating to Typhon or, by interpretatio graeca, his Egyptian equivalent Set.
    • It has been a matter of considerable difficulty to secure the evidence furnished in the Notes that these animals were Typhonic, symbols of Set, and ultimately reprobated representations in Egyptian art, subject to the destruction which has made the statuettes of the Typhonic God himself of highest...1891, William Henry Goodyear, The Grammar of the Lotus: A New History of Classic Ornament as a Development of Sun Worship. With Observations on the “Bronze Culture” of Prehistoric Europe, as Derived...
    • At any rate, Muller goes on to note that when the myth was related to the sea, the latter changed from Osirian to Anti-Osirian, i.e. “Setian” or, Typhonic, to use the later Greek form.1970, Henry O. Thompson, Mekal, the God of Beth-Shan, page 135

typhonic meaning in Tamil

typhonic in Tamil

வெப்பமண்டிலக்கடுஞ்சூறை சார்ந்த

Synonyms of typhonic

Forms of typhonic

comparativemore Typhonic
superlativemost Typhonic

Origin of typhonic

From Typhon + -ic.

Words formed from typhonic

Words that rhyme with typhonic

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Questions about typhonic

What does typhonic mean?
Typhonic means relating to a typhoon.
What is typhonic in Tamil?
Typhonic in Tamil is வெப்பமண்டிலக்கடுஞ்சூறை சார்ந்த. See Typhonic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is typhonic?
Typhonic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce typhonic?
Typhonic is pronounced /taɪˈfɒnɪk/ (UK).

Words near typhonic in the dictionary

  1. typhomania
  2. typhon
  3. Typhonian
  4. Typhonian animal
  5. Typhonian animals
  6. typhonic
  7. Typhonic animal
  8. Typhonomachy
  9. typhons
  10. typhoon
  11. Typhoon Alley

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Adapted from Wiktionary: typhonic (page history and authors); Typhonic (page history and authors); typhonic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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