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disguise

/dɪsˈɡaɪz/dis-GYZ
/dɪsˈɡaɪz/dis-GYZ

Meaningout of one's usual guise

Common meaning: to alter how one appears

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchdesguiser‘to disguise’source
  2. Middle Englishdisgysensource
  3. Englishdisguise‘to alter how one appears’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old French desguiser ‘out of one's usual guise’.

Roots

  • desguiser Old French “out of one's usual guise”

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