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guile

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6
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ɡaɪl/

Definition of guile

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
    “It was a result that owed a lot to a moment of guile from Ramires but more to a display of guts from the Brazilian and his team-mates after Terry's needless dismissal eight minutes before half-time for driving a knee into the back of Alexis Sanchez off the ball.”
    “Estonia were struggling to get to grips with the game while Ireland were showing a composure and guile that demonstrated their experience in play-off ties.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable)Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
    “It was a result that owed a lot to a moment of guile from Ramires but more to a display of guts from the Brazilian and his team-mates after Terry's needless dismissal eight minutes before half-time for driving a knee into the back of Alexis Sanchez off the ball.”
    “Estonia were struggling to get to grips with the game while Ireland were showing a composure and guile that demonstrated their experience in play-off ties.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
    “Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!”
  3. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of gold.
  4. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of gyle.

verb

  1. To deceive, beguile, bewile.
    “Who means no guile, be guiled soonest shall”

name

  1. A surname from French.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English gile, from Anglo-Norman gile, from Old French guile (“deception”), from Frankish *wīl (“ruse”), from Proto-Germanic *wīlą, from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate via Proto-Germanic with wile.

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