• 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

    Mephistopheles (or Mephisto)
    1. The Devil to whom Faust sold his soul in the legend.

    Derived terms

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