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

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  • Thanks to Fish Griwkowsky for this video clip, which features an MSNBC commentator denouncing the mephistophelian Ann Coulter in stunningly strong terms.
  • Senate Republicans, if handed a recommendation to impeach by the House will be faced with a very tough choice as the world watches them confront a most stubborn, arrogant and...
  • They were almost mephistophelian, and unpleasantly noticeable, drawn thus nearer to the wide wave of her white hair.
  • You guys are positively mephistophelian
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