Definitions for Guise

Guise guise

Spelling: [gahyz]
IPA: /gaɪz/

Guise is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in Guise (egisu).

Definitions for Guise

noun

  1. general external appearance; aspect; semblance:
  2. assumed appearance or mere semblance:
  3. style of dress:
  4. Archaic. manner; mode.
  5. François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
  6. his son, Henri I de Lorraine [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), Duc de, 1550–88, French general and leader of opposition to the Huguenots.

verb (used with object)

  1. to dress; attire:

verb (used without object)

  1. Scot. and North England. to appear or go in disguise.

Origin of Guise

1175-1225; (noun) Middle English g(u)ise Old French Germanic; see wise2: (v.) Middle English gisen, derivative of the noun

Examples for Guise

The Indians, under the guise of peace, were plotting a general massacre.

And under the guise of exercise there exists a community that welcomes them with open arms.

The shepherds assume the guise of gentleness and simplicity.

Some say the nudity in Game of Thrones is exploitation under the guise of ‘sexposition.’

These changes are being made under the guise of fixing a country on the verge of collapse.

Campaigns often exchange outrageous attacks but to do so in the guise of a government mailer is quite unusual.

During the chaos, many old grudges were settled, sometimes under the guise of overdue justice.

His first visit to the Morton apartment that day had been in the guise of a workman.

For the time, fear had been routed by growth, while growth had assumed the guise of curiosity.

For the first time, he saw the woman whom he had loved, in her rightful woman's guise.

Word Value for Guise
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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