lipreader

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noun
Definitions
  • Someone who is able to tell what a person is saying by looking at the motion of the lips (a technique used by the deaf, although it can be learned by the hearing, called lipreading).

Etymology

Compound from English lip (verbal impertinence, backtalk, fleshy protrusion around the opening of the mouth) + English reader.

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English

reader

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