Associations to the word «Guise»

Wiktionary

GUISE, noun. 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.)
GUISE, noun. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
GUISE, noun. Misleading appearance; cover, cloak.
GUISE, noun. (Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of guys.

Dictionary definition

GUISE, noun. An artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats