guise, pretense, pretence, pretext
(noun) an artful or simulated semblance; “under the guise of friendship he betrayed them”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
guise (plural guises)
Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
Misleading appearance; cover, cloak.
• (customary way of acting): See Thesaurus:conduct
• (external appearance): See Thesaurus:guise
guise (third-person singular simple present guises, present participle guising, simple past and past participle guised)
(archaic, transitive) To dress.
(archaic, intransitive) To act as a guiser; to go dressed up in a parade etc.
guise pl (plural only)
(Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of guys.
• Segui, egusi
Guise (plural Guises)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Guise is the 19774th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1361 individuals. Guise is most common among White (79.06%) and Black/African American (15.8%) individuals.
• Segui, egusi
Source: Wiktionary
Guise, n. Etym: [OE. guise, gise, way, manner, F. guise, fr. OHG. wisa, G. weise. See Wise, n.]
1. Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself. Chaucer. The swain replied, "It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise." Pope.
2. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape. As then the guise was for each gentle swain. Spenser. A . . . specter, in a far more terrific guise than any which ever yet have overpowered the imagination. Burke.
3. Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
