thutmoside
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Thutmoside Dynasty of ancient Egyptian history.
noun
Any of the pharaohs of the Thutmoside Dynasty of ancient Egyptian history.
Example Sentences
- "[T]he small Menkheperre sphinx has: […] features which, though the face has been called Thutmoside, are heavier and in profile more markedly curved than anything from early dynasty 18 or even among the statues or coffin images listed above and clearly datable to Phase A. It could aptly be described as exaggerating Thutmoside/early Ramesside elements and is in some ways comparable to pieces from Phase B, for example, the small gold triad of Osorkon II (TIP-A; plate 12)."
- "Though the statue of Sebekemsaf I in the British Museum does not at all resemble Thutmoside sculpture, it exhibits many core features of the Thutmoside style."
- "With the death of Tutankhamun in 1322 BCE, the line of Thutmoside kings came to an end. […] The Amarna period but also the reign of Tutankhamun are both unthinkable without the wealth the Thutmoside wars brought to Egypt."
- "The relations of the first four Thutmosides have been more searchingly examined and discussed than those of any Egyptian kings; […]"
- "He was the old god associated with the locality of Thebes and with the rise to power of the Thutmosides, the local leading family, an event which followed the expulsion of the Shepard Kings, Amun-Re became the chief god in the hierarchy and King of the Gods."
- "She [Mutnofret] was probably not Ahmose’s sister, and almost definitely not an elder sister, but I liked the tension such a twist brought to my fictional portrayal of the Thutmosides."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more Thutmoside (comparative)
most Thutmoside (superlative)
Thutmosid (alternative)
Thutmosides (plural)