Mephistophelian
- a word derived from Mephistopheles.
Example Sentences
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It rather replies with a mephistophelian grin when he begs for a humane understanding of his case.
From The Positive School of Criminology Three Lectures Given at the University of Naples, Italy on April 22, 23 and 24, 1901 by Ferri, Enrico
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.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
It seemed to Lucy Woodrow that the man only half concealed a sort of mephistophelian contempt for the people towards whom he still contrived to maintain a semblance of cordiality.
From In the Roaring Fifties by Dyson, Edward
They were almost mephistophelian, and unpleasantly noticeable, drawn thus nearer to the wide wave of her white hair.
From No Clue A Mystery Story by Hay, James
