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MEPHISTOPHELEAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mephistophelean mean?
• MEPHISTOPHELEAN (adjective)
The adjective MEPHISTOPHELEAN has 1 sense:
1. showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
Familiarity information: MEPHISTOPHELEAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
Synonyms:
devilish; diabolic; diabolical; mephistophelean; mephistophelian
Context example:
a mephistophelian glint in his eye
Similar:
evil (morally bad or wrong)
Derivation:
Mephistopheles (evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul)
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