Meph|i|stoph|e|les

Meph|i|stoph|e|les
Meph|i|stoph|e|les «MEHF uh STOF uh leez», noun.
1. the devil of the Faust legend. Mephistopheles was one of the chief evil spirits of medieval European demonology.
2. a powerful el spirit; crafty devil.
╂[< German Mephistopheles; origin uncertain]

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