Mephistopheles

[ mef-uh-stof-uh-leez ]

/ ˌmɛf əˈstɒf əˌliz /

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noun

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

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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-uhn], /‐stəˈfi li ən/, adjective

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How to use Mephistopheles in a sentence

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
He had hired a red Mephisto costume, evidently from a real costumerhorns, hoofs and all.
Winona of the Camp Fire|Margaret Widdemer
I allowed myself to whisper to the man with me: "Mephisto and Faust!"
The Last Miracle|M. P. Shiel
Then a low chuckle came to her and this chuckle broadened into ironic laughter; and she knew that Mephisto was abroad.
The Voice in the Fog|Harold MacGrath

In each of the three movements, the Faust, the Marguerite and the Mephisto, you make your best music.
Musical Portraits|Paul Rosenfeld

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

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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.