Mephistophelean
Mephistophelean · more Mephistophelean · most Mephistophelean
мефистофельский
mephistophelisch
Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devilShowing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil.
Meaning
1 sensesShowing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil.
mephistophelisch
мефисто́фельскийmefistófelʹskij
showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil:
Origin
From Mephistopheles + -ean.From Mephistopheles + -ean.
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Forms
more Mephistophelean, most Mephistophelean| Comparative | more Mephistophelean Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most Mephistophelean Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil:devilishdiabolicdiabolicalmephistophelian
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.