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Mephistophelian

adjective

NAmE//məˌfɪstəˈfiliən//

, NAmE//ˌmɛfəstəˈfiliən//

(formal)

very evil; like the devil From Mephistopheles, an evil spirit to whom, according to the German legend, Faust sold his soul.

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