relating to the German magician and astrologer Johann Faust (d.c.1540), said to have sold his soul to the devil in return for knowledge and power
of, resembling, or befitting Faust or Faustus, e.g.:
sacrificing spiritual values for material gains
striving insatiably for knowledge and mastery
constantly troubled and tormented by spiritual dissatisfaction or spiritual striving
[from Johann Faust (Johannes Faustus) d. about 1540, German magician and astrologer, said to have sold his soul to the devil in return for knowledge and power]