Faustus

Definition: Faustus

Faustus

Noun

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

"Faustus" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "auspicious".

Date "Faustus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

Synonym: Faustus

Synonym: Faust (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Faustus

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Success	Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria; cede repugnanti cedendo victor abibis; chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune; dies faustus; l'art de vaincre est celui de mepriser la mort; omnia vincit amor; "peace hath her victories no less renowned than war"; "the race by vigor not by vaunts is won"; vincit qui patitur; vincit qui se vincit; "The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet".
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Faustus

English words defined with "Faustus": Faustian, Faustus Socinus ♦ Socinianism. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Faustus": Devil and Dr. Faustus. (references)

Etymologies containing "Faustus": Infaust. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Faustus" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Latin (advantageous).

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Modern Usage: Faustus

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Doctor Faustus (1967)

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood (1986)

Dr. Faustus (1983)

Faustus doktor boldogságos pokoljárása (1982)

Doktor Faustus (1982)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Faustus

Domain	Title
Books	Doctor Faustus and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics) (reference) Dr. Faustus (reference) Faustus in Pasquack (reference) The Decisions of Doctor Faustus (reference) CliffsNotes Doctor Faustus [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus (reference) Doctor Faustus (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Circus Faustus (reference) Dr. Faustus [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) Francis Of Assisi (1961 Film) / Doctor Faustus (1967 Film) [2 on 1] [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Faustus

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Usage Frequency: Faustus

"Faustus" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Faustus" is used about 49 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	49	48,677

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Faustus

"Faustus" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "auspicious".

The following table summarizes names related to "Faustus."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Fausta	Female	Ancient Roman	Faustus
Faustus	Male	Ancient Roman	N/A
Faustine	Female	French	Faustus
Fausta	Female	Italian	Faustus
Fausto	Male	Italian	Faustus
Fausto	Male	Portuguese	Faustus
Fausto	Male	Spanish	Faustus
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Faustus

Expression using "Faustus": Faustus Socinus. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Faustus

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
doctor faustus	40
dr faustus	37
faustus	28
author doctor faustus	7
dr faustus summary	6
2 blood faustus omen	6
tragical history of dr faustus	5
tragical history of doctor faustus	5
doctor faustus thomas mann	3
christopher dr faustus marlowe	3
doctor faustus summary	3
doctor faustus marlowe	3
marlowe dr faustus	3
the horror chamber of dr faustus	2
christopher marlowe doctor faustus	2
doctor faustus history summary tragical	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Faustus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-f-s-s-t-u-u"
	-2 letters: fasts, tufas.
	-3 letters: fast, fats, fuss, tass, taus, tufa, utas.
	-4 letters: aft, ass, fas, fat, sat, sau, tas, tau, uta, uts.
	-5 letters: as, at, fa, ta, us, ut.
	Words containing the letters "a-f-s-s-t-u-u"
	+1 letter: fastuous.
	+4 letters: fatuousness.
	+5 letters: funambulists, salutiferous, unfastidious.
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