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guise

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪz/

name

  1. A surname.

noun

  1. Deliberate misspelling of guys.

    Sup guise? — What's up, guys?

verb

Etymology: From Middle English guise, gise, gyse, from Old French guisse, guise, vise (“guise, manner, way”), from Old Frankish *wīsa (“manner, way, fashion”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, view, behold, perceive”). Cognate with Old High German wīsa (“way, manner”), Old English wīse (“way, manner”), Dutch wijze (“way, manner”). More at wise.

  1. To dress.
  2. To act as a guiser; to go dressed up in a parade etc.