Definition of Faust

1. Noun. An alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge.

Exact synonyms: Faustus
Generic synonyms: Character, Fictional Character, Fictitious Character
Derivative terms: Faustian

Definition of Faust

1. Proper noun. a magician and alchemist of German lore who sold his soul to the Devil for knowledge ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Faust

Fatihah
Fatima
Fatimah
Fatimid
Fatimide
Fatimides
Fatimids
Fatimite
Fatimites
Fats Domino
Fats Waller
Faulkner
Faulknerian
Fauntleroy
Faunus
Faust
Faustian
Fausto Paolo Sozzini
Faustus
Faustus Socinus
Fauve
Favism
Favre's dystrophy
Favre-Racouchet's disease
Favre-Racouchot syndrome
Fawcett
Fawkes
Faxe
Faxon

Literary usage of Faust

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1921)
"ANOTHER "faust" Another "faust"—just what does that fact signify? Is it piety toward Goethe that keeps the old story green in the German mind? ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1840)
"POETICAL TRANSLATIONS OF faust. THE first translation on our list exhibits Goethe in ... But the original " faust" is written in rhyme, and in our opinion, ..."

3. The Victrola Book of the Opera: Stories of the Operas with Illustrations by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1921)
"It was given at Monte Carlo as an opera February 18,1893, with Jean de Reszke as faust. Revived there in 1902, with Melba, de Reszke and Renaud. ..."

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