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guise

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"Outward appearance"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡaɪz/Part of speech nounSorted egisuStarts with GEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an artful or simulated semblance

Word 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.

Used in a sentence

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

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