Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Outward appearance or aspect; semblance.
- noun False appearance; pretense.
- noun Mode of dress; garb.
- noun Obsolete Custom; habit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To dress as a guiser; assume or act the part of a guiser.
- To place a guise or garb on; dress.
- noun Way; manner; mode; fashion; practice; custom.
- noun Manner of acting; mien; cast or behavior.
- noun External appearance as determined by costume; dress; garb: as, the guise of a shepherd.
- noun Hence Appearance or semblance in general; aspect or seeming.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: .
- noun External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
- noun Cover; cloak.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun 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.) - noun External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
- noun Misleading appearance; cover, cloak
- noun Internet slang
guys .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an artful or simulated semblance
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We don't care that tax cuts for the wealthy are provided under the thin guise of "stimulating the economy" unless we are rich.
Howard Steven Friedman: The United States of Apathy's Motto is We Don't Care Howard Steven Friedman 2010
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We don't care that tax cuts for the wealthy are provided under the thin guise of "stimulating the economy" unless we are rich.
Howard Steven Friedman: The United States of Apathy's Motto is We Don't Care Howard Steven Friedman 2010
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We don't care that tax cuts for the wealthy are provided under the thin guise of "stimulating the economy" unless we are rich.
Howard Steven Friedman: The United States of Apathy's Motto is We Don't Care Howard Steven Friedman 2010
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We don't care that tax cuts for the wealthy are provided under the thin guise of "stimulating the economy" unless we are rich.
Howard Steven Friedman: The United States of Apathy's Motto is We Don't Care Howard Steven Friedman 2010
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We don't care that tax cuts for the wealthy are provided under the thin guise of "stimulating the economy" unless we are rich.
Howard Steven Friedman: The United States of Apathy's Motto is We Don't Care Howard Steven Friedman 2010
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We don't care that tax cuts for the wealthy are provided under the thin guise of "stimulating the economy" unless we are rich.
Howard Steven Friedman: The United States of Apathy's Motto is We Don't Care Howard Steven Friedman 2010
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We don't care that tax cuts for the wealthy are provided under the thin guise of "stimulating the economy" unless we are rich.
Howard Steven Friedman: The United States of Apathy's Motto is We Don't Care Howard Steven Friedman 2010
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We don't care that tax cuts for the wealthy are provided under the thin guise of "stimulating the economy" unless we are rich.
Howard Steven Friedman: The United States of Apathy's Motto is We Don't Care Howard Steven Friedman 2010
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We don't care that tax cuts for the wealthy are provided under the thin guise of "stimulating the economy" unless we are rich.
Howard Steven Friedman: The United States of Apathy's Motto is We Don't Care Howard Steven Friedman 2010
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We don't care that tax cuts for the wealthy are provided under the thin guise of "stimulating the economy" unless we are rich.
Howard Steven Friedman: The United States of Apathy's Motto is We Don't Care Howard Steven Friedman 2010
bilby commented on the word guise
Scots - to go around in fancy dress on the night of Halloween. A person who goes out guising is a guiser.
December 5, 2007
marky commented on the word guise
hi guise, how are YOOOUUUU doing?
April 10, 2009
100001016886860 commented on the word guise
appearance, disguise. Under the guise of the night the soilders marched forward. (newbury dic.)
December 6, 2010