Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mephistophelian"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

mephistophelian
adj : showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a
devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and
diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical
expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in
his eye" [syn: {devilish}, {diabolic}, {diabolical}, {mephistophelean}]


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