See Also: Mephistophelean(dictionary)

lip-read (oh) and Mephistophelean (iou)


lip-read (oh)



to understand what someone is saying by watching the way their lips move, because you cannot hear them
-- lip-reading n [U]

Mephistophelean (iou)



Mephistophelean adjective. Also Mephistophelian. M20.
[formed as MEPHISTOPHELES + -AN, -IAN.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling Mephistopheles; fiendish; fatally tempting.