Mephistopheles

Origin

Schröer suggests a combination of Hebrew mephitz "destroyer" + tophel "liar" (from tophel sheqer, literally "falsehood plasterer, see שֶׁקֶר; compare Job xiii:4).

Kölbing.

Proper noun

1. The Devil to whom Faust sold his soul in the legend.

Derived terms

• Mephistophelean