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guileful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables
guile-ful
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Full of guile; treacherously deceptive.

Etymology

From Middle English gileful, gilful, equivalent to guile + -ful.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more guileful (comparative) most guileful (superlative) guilefull (alternative)

Derived Forms

guilefully guilefulness unguileful

Synonyms

guiled ratlike viperous beguiling deceitful deceptious deceptive deceptory fallacious fraudful fraudulent mendacious

Questions

What does guileful mean?
Full of guile; treacherously deceptive.
Where does guileful come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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