MEPHISTOPHELES


Meaning of MEPHISTOPHELES in English

n. 1 an evil spirit to whom Faust, in the German legend, sold his soul. 2 a fiendish person. Mephistophelean adj. Mephistophelian adj.

[ G (16th c.), of unkn. orig. ]

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