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guile

/ɡaɪl/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
  2. Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
  3. To deceive, beguile, bewile.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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