Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The devil in the Faust legend to whom Faust sold his soul.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name of a familiar spirit mentioned in the old legend of Sir John Faustus, and a principal agent in Marlowe's play of Dr. Faustus, and in Goethe's “Faust.”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A familiar spirit mentioned in the old legend of Sir John Faustus, and a principal agent in Marlowe's play Dr. Faustus and in Goethe's Faust. In medieval demonology, he was one of the seven chief devils.
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- proper noun The
Devil to whom Faust sold his soul in thelegend .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul
Etymologies
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Examples
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Loving Mephistopheles is ambitious in its reach and in a way that meant there was almost too much for this reader to cope with.
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Loving Mephistopheles is ambitious in its reach and in a way that meant there was almost too much for this reader to cope with.
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Loving Mephistopheles is ambitious in its reach and in a way that meant there was almost too much for this reader to cope with.
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The word Mephistopheles can be written in shorthand with one-sixth the number of strokes that is required in longhand.
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The word Mephistopheles can be written in shorthand with one-sixth the number of strokes that is required in longhand.
Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume III, Part 2: 1907-1910 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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The word Mephistopheles can be written in shorthand with one-sixth the number of strokes that is required in longhand.
Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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The man ran easily, holding a long tube identical to that in Mephistopheles’ hand, only with a guttering, dancing flame at the top.
Music, writing notes, and Mephistopheles Doufis deep_bluze 2004
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A demon, who is called Mephistopheles, appears, and a compact is made whereby for a stated term (later on fixed at twenty-four years) he agrees to be
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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(The review in The New York Times called his Mephistopheles "irresistible" even though "you know you shouldn't go near him.")
NYT > Home Page By DAVID GREENSPAN 2010
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One friend of mine described a coworker who his team named "Mephistopheles," because he did seem to be the "second coming of the devil," and everyone saw it.
The Sociopath In The Office Next Door Davia Temin 2010
pikachu commented on the word Mephistopheles
"I let him run on, this papier-mache Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and would find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe." --Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
March 9, 2011