guise
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪz/
name
- A surname.
noun
- 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.
- To dress.
- To act as a guiser; to go dressed up in a parade etc.