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 mephistopheles

But these kids make for wan enemies, after the Mephistopheles Berezovsky almost too small to pick on.

Putin Needs an Enemy After Berezovsky’s Death |Peter Pomerantsev |March 25, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Mephistopheles is but the creature of our fancy, and exists but in the fears, the passions, the desires of mankind.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 |Various
The battle would continue until Mephistopheles retired to a safer place.

Birds and all Nature, Vol. VII, No. 4, April 1900 |Various
He slapped him on the shoulder as Mephistopheles might gleefully claim his own, crying, "Immense!"

Murder in Any Degree |Owen Johnson

At its close Mephistopheles warns him of the approach of Marguerite and conceals him behind a curtain.

The Standard Cantatas |George P. Upton
A happy line that he had learnt from Wills's "Mephistopheles" came into his mind as he crouched there.

Twelve Stories and a Dream |H. G. Wells

British Dictionary definitions for mephistopheles

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 mephistopheles

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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Mephisto (məˈfɪstəʊ)

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Mephistopheles

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Mephisto (məˈfɪstəʊ)

noun

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