Faustian

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- - fatuous
  - fatwa
  - fauces
  - faucet
  - faugh
  - fault
  - faulty
  - faun
  - fauna
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  - faute de mieux
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  - faux naif
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Faustian /ˈfaʊstɪən/

▶adjective relating to or characteristic of the 16th-century German astronomer and necromancer Johann Faust, who was reputed to have sold his soul to the Devil.

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