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Definition of Mephistophelian

Mephistophelian
Mephistophelian Meph`is*to*phe"li*an (? or ?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, ``a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;' devilish; crafty.

Meaning of Mephistophelian from wikipedia

- Mephistopheles (/ˌmɛfɪˈstɒfɪˌliːz/, German pronunciation: [mefɪˈstoːfɛlɛs]), also known as Mephisto, is a demon featured in German folklore. He originally...
- (mythology) Also called a pact with the Devil, Faustian bargain, or Mephistophelian bargain. Stith Thompson, Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, 2nd ed. (Bloomington:...
- For these reasons, hybrid open access journals have been called a "Mephistophelian invention", and publishing in hybrid OA journals often do not qualify...
- first year of the Age of Satan. LaVey's image has been described as "Mephistophelian", and may have been inspired by an occult-themed episode of the television...
- enigmatic and powerful personalities of the Russian revolution, a Mephistophelian figure whose life ended in an appropriately dramatic way. Political...
- New York City, Beef and Hapi, two hitmen who work for a mysterious Mephistophelian crime boss known as "M", kill a drug dealer and his girlfriend. This...
- is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder characterized by a "mephistophelian" appearance consisting of a ridged, thick triangular skin fold extending...
- Punishment, for example the dark and dirty rooms and Raskolnikov's Mephistophelian character, and in the descriptions of Nastasia Filippovna in The Idiot...
- not an easy man to handle on the field of play because there was a "Mephistophelian aspect about him" in that (unlike the amateurs) he didn't play cricket...
- in your hands will be safe to exhibit the many intended traits of a Mephistophelian Iago, which, no matter how much society may pretend to ignore, exists...