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Definition of Mephistophelean
1. Adjective. Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil. "A mephistophelian glint in his eye"
Similar to: Evil
Derivative terms: Devil, Devil, Mephistopheles, Mephistopheles
Definition of Mephistophelean
1. Adjective. Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil. ¹
2. Adjective. (alternative capitalization of Mephistophelean) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mephistophelean
Literary usage of Mephistophelean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Music (1900)
"The finale is full of the mephistophelean humor, of which Liszt had so much.
Another symphony is called the "Dante" symphony. ..."
2. The Making of Carlyle: An Experiment in Biographical Explication by Robert S. Craig (1908)
"Certainly more and more as the years went on the mephistophelean in her nature
... But the marriage developed the mephistophelean and not the enthusiastic, ..."
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