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guise

UK/ˈɡaɪz/ US/ˈɡaɪz/ uncommon archaic

noun

1.

an artful or simulated semblance

  • “under the guise of friendship he betrayed them”
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Origin

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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