Definition of Mephistopheles

1. Noun. Evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul.

Generic synonyms: Evil Spirit
Derivative terms: Mephistophelean, Mephistophelian

Definition of Mephistopheles

1. Proper noun. The Devil to whom Faust sold his soul in the legend. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mephistopheles

Mentzelia
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Mentzelia lindleyi
Mentzelia livicaulis
Menuhin
Menura
Menurae
Menuridae
Menyanthaceae
Menyanthes trifoliata
Menziesia
Menziesia ferruginea
Menziesia pilosa
Mephaquine
Mephistophelean
Mephistopheles (current term)
Mephitinae
Mephitis
Mephitis macroura
Mephitis mephitis
Meprin
Meralgia paraesthetica
Merc
Mercalli scale
Mercator
Mercator's projection
Mercator projection
Mercatorian
Merce Cunningham
Mercedario

Literary usage of Mephistopheles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Faust: Containing the Italian Text, with an English Translation, and the by Charles Gounod, Michel Carré, Jules Barbier (1892)
"Mephistopheles. Umph ! The neighborhood is a little shut in, I may say. ... Mephistopheles (a MARTA.) Che lieto non saria Di dare a voi l'anel del' imeneo. ..."

2. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1887)
"Mephistopheles at the Lyceum. MR. IRVING'S reappearance, with renewed subtlety and power, in the part of Shylock has accentuated in one noteworthy way his ..."

3. Essays Biographical and Critical: Chiefly on English Poets by David Masson (1856)
"Satan is an Archangel scheming his future existence; Mephistopheles is the modern ... Mephistopheles has a distinctly marked physiognomy; Satan has not. ..."

4. The Standard Operas, Their Plots and Their Music by George Putnam Upton (1914)
"As it dies away they reappear, Faust being continually followed by a gray friar (Mephistopheles in disguise), whose identity is disclosed by a motive from ..."

5. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"THE name Mephistopheles has in it, I think, the priest's shudder at the fumes of the laboratory. ..."

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