GUISE

guise, pretense, pretence, pretext

(noun) an artful or simulated semblance; “under the guise of friendship he betrayed them”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (customary way of acting): See Thesaurus:conduct

• (external appearance): See Thesaurus:guise

Verb

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

guise pl (plural only)

(Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of guys.

Anagrams

• Segui, egusi

Proper noun

Guise (plural Guises)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Guise is the 19774^th 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.

Anagrams

• Segui, egusi

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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