Guising
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Guising is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of guise.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of guise.
More Meanings
- (historical) A festival at which people disguised themselves in costumes and often played pranks.
Example Sentences
[I]n more genial ages, your Christmas Guisings, Feasts of the Ass, Abbots of Unreason, were a considerable something: sincere sport they were[.]
Word Forms
- guizing
- guisings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pretence, pretext, disguising, disguisement, disguise, masquerade.
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