guise

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɪz/

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• Homophone: guys
• Rhymes: -aɪz

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

guise (plural guises)

1. 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.)
   • 1924, Aristotle. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Aristotle. Metaphysics. Book 1, Part 5.

     dialecticians and sophists assume the same guise as the philosopher

2. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
3. Misleading appearance; cover, cloak.

   Under the guise of patriotism

   • 2013 September 13, Russell Brand, The Guardian‎:

     Ought we be concerned that our rights to protest are being continually eroded under the guise of enhancing our safety?

   • 2020 September 5, Phil McNulty, “Iceland 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport‎:

     This was almost like a behind-closed-doors pre-season friendly in an international guise so it comes as no surprise that England lacked the sort of sharpness and inspiration that would have come with more match practice.

Synonyms

• (customary way of acting): See Thesaurus:conduct
• (external appearance): See Thesaurus:guise

Related terms

• disguise

Translations

Verb

guise (third-person singular simple present guises, present participle guising, simple past and past participle guised)

1. (archaic, transitive) To dress.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To act as a guiser; to go dressed up in a parade etc.

Etymology 2

Noun

guise pl (plural only)

1. (Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of guys.

   Sup guise? — What's up, guys?

Anagrams

• Segui, egusi

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French guise, 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 (“wise, way, fashion, custom, habit, manner”). More at wise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiz/

Noun

guise f (plural guises)

1. way

   le faire à ma guise ― do it my way

   Je l’ai laissé chanter à sa guise. ― I let him sing his way.

   en guise de ― by way of, as

Derived terms

• en guise de

Further reading

• “guise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Galician

Verb

guise

1. inflection of guisar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Noun

guise f

1. plural of guisa

Anagrams

• segui, seguì

Old French

Noun

guise oblique singular, f (oblique plural guises, nominative singular guise, nominative plural guises)

1. way; manner
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Biaus sire, quant vos an tel guise
     An blanc chainse et an sa chemise
     Ma cosine an volez mener,
     Un autre don li vuel doner

     Good sir, when you in such a way
     In a white tunic and in her shirt
     Want to take my cousin
     I want to give her another gift

Descendants

• English: guise
• French: guise

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (guise, supplement)

Portuguese

Verb

guise

1. inflection of guisar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

guise

1. inflection of guisar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative