mephistophelian

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They were almost mephistophelian, and unpleasantly noticeable, drawn thus nearer to the wide wave of her white hair.

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  • They were almost mephistophelian, and unpleasantly noticeable, drawn thus nearer to the wide wave of her white hair. —  No Clue A Mystery Story
  • The face was almost mephistophelian in effect. —  The Master of Silence
  • The front view of his head is a bit mephistophelian, for it is drawn upward into two horny spines; but the side view recalls a little girl with her hair brushed very tightly up and back from her face. —  Edge of the Jungle
  • But a certain sneering humor, a certain mephistophelian irony, in these persons, prevent one from feeling entirely at ease with them, or believing, in fact, in their complete sincerity. —  The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
 

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