Mephistopheles

[ mef-uh-stof-uh-leez ]

/ ˌmɛf əˈstɒf əˌliz /

noun

Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.

Also Me·phis·to

[muh-fis-toh] /məˈfɪs toʊ/.

OTHER WORDS FROM Mephistopheles

Meph·is·to·phe·li·an, Meph·is·to·phe·le·an

[‐stuh-fee-lee-uh n] /‐stəˈfi li ən/, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for mephisto

"A disguise for this demoiselle," announced Mephisto to the woman who met them.

Violets and Other Tales |Alice Ruth Moore
Why, Mephisto has some pretty good traits; but Alexander Pope is as crooked as an interrogation-point, inside and out.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 |Elbert Hubbard
Mephisto changes himself into a horse—'with wings like a dromedary.'

The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' |H. B. Cotterill
"Indeed not," said Mr. Rutledge, feeling as Faust must have felt when Mephisto began to promise things.

We Can't Have Everything |Rupert Hughes

These they put into a small bag, and mephisto went back through the scullery into the back garden and hid these spoons in a bush.

It Is Never Too Late to Mend |Charles Reade

British Dictionary definitions for mephisto

Mephistopheles

Mephisto (məˈfɪstəʊ)

/ (ˌmɛfɪˈstɒfɪˌliːz) /

noun

a devil in medieval mythology and the one to whom Faust sold his soul in the Faust legend

Derived forms of Mephistopheles

Mephistophelean or Mephistophelian (ˌmɛfɪstəˈfiːlɪən), adjective

Cultural definitions for mephisto

Mephistopheles

[ (mef-i-stof-uh-leez) ]

In the drama Faust by Goethe, a devil who tempts Faust into selling his soul to the powers of darkness. Mephistopheles also appears, with his name spelled Mephistophilis, in the sixteenth-century English play Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe.

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Mephistopheles

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Example sentences from the Web for mephisto

British Dictionary definitions for mephisto

Mephisto (məˈfɪstəʊ)

noun

Derived forms of Mephistopheles

Cultural definitions for mephisto