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Guise
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 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.)
"1924, Aristotle. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Aristotle. Metaphysics. Book 1, Part 5. dialecticians and sophists assume the same guise as the philosopher"
- 2 Deliberate misspelling of guys. Internet, alt-of, deliberate, misspelling, plural, plural-only
"Sup guise? — What's up, guys?"
- 3 an artful or simulated semblance wordnet
- 4 An external appearance in manner or dress; an appropriate indication or expression; a garb; a shape.
- 5 A misleading appearance; a cover, a cloak.
"Under the guise of patriotism"
- 1 To dress. archaic, transitive
- 2 To act as a guiser; to go dressed up in a parade etc. archaic, intransitive
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.
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.
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