SPEAK OF THE DEVIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does speak of the devil mean? 

• SPEAK OF THE DEVIL (verb)
  The verb SPEAK OF THE DEVIL has 1 sense:

1. mention someone's name who just then appears

  Familiarity information: SPEAK OF THE DEVIL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPEAK OF THE DEVIL (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mention someone's name who just then appears

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "speak of the devil" is one way to...):

advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s