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FAUST

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Overview

FAUST (noun)
  The noun FAUST has 1 sense:

1. an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledgeplay

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


English dictionary: Word details


FAUST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Faust; Faustus

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))

Derivation:

Faustian (pertaining to or resembling or befitting Faust or Faustus especially in insatiably striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values)


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