guile

English

/ɡaɪl/

noun

Definitions

(uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English gile (gill) derived from gile derived from Old French guile (deception) derived from Frankish *wigila (ruse).

Origin

Frankish

*wigila

Gloss

ruse

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

beguilable English
beguile English
beguilement English
beguiler English
beguilest English
beguileth English
gill English
guileful English
guilefully English
guilefulness English
guileless English
guilelessly English
guilelessness English
guiler English
guilesome English
unbeguile English
begilen Middle English
gile Middle English
gileful Middle English
giler Middle English
gilesum Middle English
gjǫlnar Old Norse
guile Old French
*wigila Frankish
gile xno