Mephistopheles

[,mefi'stɔfili:z]

Definition

(noun.) evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul.

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Definition

n. the name of the devil in Marlowe's Doctor Faustus and Goethe's Faust.—adj. Mephistophē′lean cynical scoffing malicious.

Editor: Margaret

Examples

As if he were of the Mephistopheles family indeed, and had walked with a drooping tail. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Possibly, like Mephistopheles in Faust, he may retaliate on his adversaries. Plato. The Republic.

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