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guyle

guyle is the obsolete form of guile.

Meaning of guile

Noun

guile (countable and uncountable, plural guiles)

  1. (uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
    • 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.2012 April 24, Phil Dawkes, “Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport
  2. Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
    • Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 1:47

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Forms of guyle

Noun
pluralguyles
Verb
third-person singular presentguyles
present participleguyling
past participleguyled
pastguyled

Questions about guyle

What is guyle the obsolete form of?
Guyle is the obsolete form of guile.

Words near guyle in the dictionary

  1. guying
  2. guyings
  3. guyish
  4. guykerl
  5. guykerls
  6. guyle
  7. guyled
  8. guyles
  9. guylike
  10. guyline
  11. guyliner

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