guise n : an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" [syn: pretense, pretence, pretext]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

guise

1. Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.
   • 1924: Aristotle. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: . Book 1, Part 5.

     dialecticians and sophists assume the same guise as the philosopher

2. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
3. Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.

Translations

Guise is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardie in northern France. The ruins of the medieval castle of Guise, seat of the Dukes of Guise, are located in the commune.

• Population: 6,066
• Area: 15.54 km²
• Altitude: 97 m

Economy

Guise is the agricultural centre of the northern area of Aisne.

Miscellaneous

Guise was the birthplace of Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794), a journalist and politician who played an important part in the French Revolution. It also hosted Jean-Baptiste Godin's familistère, created on the model of Charles Fourier's phalanstères.

See also

• House of Guise

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