FAUSTIAN

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

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:

a Faustian pact with the Devil

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Faust (an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge)

Derivation:

Faust (an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge)

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