guise
Meanings
Plural: guises
Noun
- an artful or simulated semblance
- "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
- A customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
- An external appearance in manner or dress; an appropriate indication or expression; a garb; a shape.
- A misleading appearance; a cover, a cloak.
- Deliberate misspelling of guys.
Verb
- To dress.
- To act as a guiser; to go dressed up in a parade etc.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English guise, gise, gyse, from Old French guisse, guise, vise (“guise, manner, way”), from Old Frankish *wīsa (“manner, way, fashion”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, view, behold, perceive”). Cognate with Old High German wīsa (“way, manner”), Old English wīse (“way, manner”), Dutch wijze (“way, manner”). More at wise.
Synonyms
air, appearance, aspect, bearing, conduct, demeanor, deportment, garb, guise, hue, likeness, look, manner, mien, pretence, pretense, pretext
Scrabble Score: 6
guise is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordguise is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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