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Faustian (iou)



Faustian adjective. L19.
[from Johann Faust (see below) + -IAN.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Johann Faust (Johannes Faustus) a wandering astrologer and necromancer who lived in Germany c 1488-1541, who was reputed to have sold his soul to the Devil.