guile

Meanings

• Noun

  The ability to manipulate or deceive, often in a subtle or indirect way.

  - "His guile kept the enemy from discovering the secret base."
  - "She used her guile to outwit the thief and recover her stolen jewels."

• Noun

  Cunning or deceitful behavior.

  - "The fox's guile helped it escape from the hunter's trap."
  - "The politician's guile allowed him to deceive the voters and win the election."

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Pronunciation

1. /ɡaɪl/
   
   
   
   Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90914546"

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with guile
pile , smile , vile , wile

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Homophones

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1. gyle (Scots) : A kind of fermented milk product
   

2. guild () : An association of artisans or merchants
   

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Variants

List of all variants of guile that leads to same result
guile , guileful , guilefully , guilefulness , guilefulnesses , guiles

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Forms

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guiles, guileful, guilelessly

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Etymology

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Old French 'gil' meaning 'deceit, cunning' or 'trick'.

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Trivia

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1. Guile is often used interchangeably with the word 'cunning'.

2. The word 'guile' comes from the Old French word 'gil', meaning 'deceit, cunning, or trick'.

3. Guile can be a negative trait, representing deceit or manipulation, but it can also be seen as a positive trait, such as when a person uses their guile to solve a problem or outwit an opponent.

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Related Concepts

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1. Cunning: The ability to think and act in a clever and resourceful way.

2. Deception: The act of causing someone to believe something false or misleading.

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Quotes

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1. The going was painfully slow, but Chickenhound consoled himself on the long journey by boosting his own ego. "Maybe a silly bunch of rats could put one over on Sela. Huh, she was old and had lost a lot of her "guile". Not like me! They hadn't reckoned with a smart intelligent young fox like I am."

   - Brian Jacques,{it}Redwall{/it},(1986) 2002

2. Untrained human nature was not frank and innocent; it was full of the twists and defences of an instinctive "guile".

   - Edith Wharton,{it}The Age of Innocence{/it},1920

3. By the end of Liebling's dispatch, Mollie has become a mythic figure invulnerable to death, capable of great feats of courage and "guile", and able to transform himself into any human type for the purposes of disguise.

   - Lee Siegel,{it}Harper's{/it},December 2004

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Culture

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In literature, guile is often associated with cunning or sly characters, such as the fox in Aesop's fables or the character Iago in Shakespeare's Othello. Guile can also be a negative trait, representing deceit or manipulation.

How to Memorize "guile"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person using subtle and indirect actions to deceive or manipulate others.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'guile' with words like 'cunning', 'deceit', and 'manipulation'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'Gardener Uses Indirect Lies' (Guile: Ability to manipulate or deceive; Gardener: Gardener; Uses: Uses; Indirect: Indirectly; Lies: Lies)

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