guile
English
Etymology
From Middle English gile, from Anglo-Norman gile, from Old French guile (“deception”)[1], from Frankish *wigila (“ruse”). Cognate via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic with wile.
Pronunciation
Noun
guile (countable and uncountable, plural guiles)
- (uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
- 2012 April 24, Phil Dawkes, “Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- 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.
- 2011 November 11, Rory Houston, “Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland”, in RTE Sport[2]:
- 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.
- Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
- 'The Bible - King James Version: John 1:47
- Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
- 'The Bible - King James Version: John 1:47
Translations
astuteness, cunning
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Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty
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Verb
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- To deceive, beguile, bewile.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to deceive, to beguile
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References
Old French
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish, see above
Noun
guile oblique singular, f (oblique plural guiles, nominative singular guile, nominative plural guiles)
- trickery; deception
- circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:
- si se çoile par itel guile
- he hid himself using this deception
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence li miracles que nostre Dame fist dou soucretain et d'une dame:
- Moult saveiz bien servir de guile.
- You know very well how to use trickery
Descendants
- English: guile
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (guile)
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