guise
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaɪz/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪz
- Homophone: guys
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 (“wise, way, fashion, custom, habit, manner”), Dutch wijze (“manner, way”). More at wise.
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.)
- 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
- 1924, Aristotle. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Aristotle. Metaphysics. Book 1, Part 5.
- External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
- Misleading appearance; cover, cloak.
- Under the guise of patriotism
Synonyms
- (customary way of acting): See Thesaurus:conduct
- (external appearance): See Thesaurus:guise
Related terms
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Verb
guise (third-person singular simple present guises, present participle guising, simple past and past participle guised)
Etymology 2
Noun
guise pl (plural only)
French
Etymology
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)
- 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
Further reading
- “guise” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Noun
guise f (oblique plural guises, nominative singular guise, nominative plural guises)
- way; manner
- circa 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
- Good sir, when you in such a way
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References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (guise, supplement)
Spanish
Verb
guise