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MEPHISTOPHELES

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Overview

MEPHISTOPHELES (noun)
  The noun MEPHISTOPHELES has 1 sense:

1. evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soulplay

  Familiarity information: MEPHISTOPHELES used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


MEPHISTOPHELES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

evil spirit (a spirit tending to cause harm)

Derivation:

mephistophelean; mephistophelian (showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil)


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