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Meph·is·to·phe·li·an prop. a.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, «a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;» devilish in character or aspect; crafty; showing cunning or ingenuity or wickedness; as, a mephistophelean glint in his eye.

Syn. -- devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean.

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