Associations to the word «Faust»

Wiktionary

FAUST, proper noun. A magician and alchemist of German lore who sold his soul to the Devil for knowledge and power.
FAUST, proper noun. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada

Dictionary definition

FAUST, noun. An alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne