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Guile — Guile, n. [OE. guile, gile, OF. guile; of German origin, and the same word as E. wile. See {Wile}.] Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery. [1913 Webster] Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. John i. 47 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Guile — may refer to:* GNU Guile, an interpreter/virtual machine for the Scheme programming language * Guile ( Street Fighter ), a video game character from Street Fighter series * Guile (Chrono Cross), a video game character from Chrono Cross … Wikipedia
Guile — Guile, v. t. [OF. guiler. See {Guile}, n.] To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
guile — [gīl] n. [ME gile < OFr guile < Frank * wigila, guile, akin to OE wigle: see WILE] slyness and cunning in dealing with others … English World dictionary
guile — [gaıl] n [U] formal [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Frenc] the use of clever but dishonest methods to deceive someone = ↑cunning ▪ With a little guile she might get what she wanted. >guileful adj … Dictionary of contemporary English
guile — mid 12c., from O.Fr. guile deceit, wile, fraud, ruse, trickery, from Frankish *wigila trick, ruse or a related Germanic source (Cf. O.Fris. wigila sorcery, witchcraft, O.E. wil trick; see WILE (Cf. wile)) … Etymology dictionary
guile — index artifice, bad faith, collusion, color (deceptive appearance), deception, duplicity, evasion, fraud, hoax … Law dictionary
guile — [ gaıl ] noun uncount FORMAL the skillful use of dishonest means to trick people or make them do what you want: CUNNING … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
guile — n duplicity, dissimulation, cunning, *deceit Analogous words: trickery, double dealing, chicanery, chicane, *deception: craft, artifice (see ART) Antonyms: ingenuousness: candor … New Dictionary of Synonyms
guile — [n] slyness, cleverness artfulness, artifice, chicanery, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceit, deception, dirty dealing*, dirty pool*, dirty trick*, dirty work*, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation, double cross*, duplicity, foul play*, jive*,… … New thesaurus
guile — ► NOUN ▪ sly or cunning intelligence. DERIVATIVES guileful adjective. ORIGIN Old French, related to WILE(Cf. ↑W) … English terms dictionary
