Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mephistophelean

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mephistophe-lean
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil.

adj

Alternative letter-case form of Mephistophelean.

Etymology

From Mephistopheles + -ean.

Inflected Forms

more Mephistophelean (comparative) most Mephistophelean (superlative) Mephistophelian (alternative)

Derived Forms

Mephistopheleanly

Synonyms

devilish diabolic diabolical mephistophelian

Questions

What does mephistophelean mean?: Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil.
Where does mephistophelean come from?: From Mephistopheles + -ean.

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