Guises


[gahyz] /gaɪz/

noun
1.
general external appearance; aspect; semblance:
an old principle in a new guise.
2.
assumed appearance or mere semblance:
under the guise of friendship.
3.
style of dress:
in the guise of a shepherd.
4.
Archaic. manner; mode.
verb (used with object), guised, guising.
5.
to dress; attire:
children guised as cowboys.
verb (used without object), guised, guising.
6.
Scot. and North England. to appear or go in disguise.
/ɡaɪz/
noun
1.
semblance or pretence: under the guise of friendship
2.
external appearance in general
3.
(archaic) manner or style of dress
4.
(obsolete) customary behaviour or manner
verb
5.
(dialect) to disguise or be disguised in fancy dress
6.
(transitive) (archaic) to dress or dress up
n.

late 13c., “style or fashion of attire,” from Old French guise “manner, fashion, way,” from Frankish *wisa or some similar Germanic source (cf. Old High German wisa “manner, wise;” see wise (n.)). Sense of “assumed appearance” is from 1660s, from earlier meaning “mask, disguise” (c.1500).

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