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Faustian

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Adjective

1. faustian

pertaining to or resembling or befitting Faust or Faustus especially in insatiably striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values

Example Sentences:
'a Faustian pact with the Devil'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Faustian

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adjective
of or relating to Faust, esp reminiscent of his bargain with the devil

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Faustian

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n.
A magician and alchemist in German legend who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for power and knowledge.

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