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guiler

noun

Etymology

From Middle English giler, gylur, gylour, gilour, from Old French guilëor, equivalent to guile + -er.

  1. derived from guilëor
  2. inherited from giler

Definitions

  1. A deceiver, a beguiler.

    • And þow hast gyuen hire to a gyloure · now god gyf þe sorwe.
    • But he was wary wise in all his way, And well perceived his deceitful sleight, Ne suffered Lust his Safety to betray; So goodly did beguile the Guiler of the Prey
    • The devil is the arch-trickster — who tricked Man with the apple in Eden — and in the 'guiler beguiled' model God beats him at his own game with the ultimate 'trick', or paradox of the God–man Jesus.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for guiler. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA