Associations to the word «Mephistophelian»

Noun

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Wiktionary

MEPHISTOPHELIAN, adjective. Alternative form of Mephistophelean

Dictionary definition

MEPHISTOPHELIAN, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats