Meaning of Mephistophelian | Babel Free
Definitions
Adjective. [C2]
Examples
“But, sitting by the opening of Ismail's Muslim Eating Shop⟳, Inder Singh was spooning in soup, tall, thin, saturnine, his beard cut⟳, contrary to the laws of religion, trimmed in a Mephistophelian manner, his turban neat and starched[.]”
“And you can see⟳ from the Spockian ears and the raised eyebrows, he had a positive Mephistophelian look⟳.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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