See Also: disguise(medicine)
disguise(1)(dictionary)
disguise(2)(dictionary)
disguise 1, verb(dictionary)
disguise 2, noun(dictionary)

disguise(1) (iou)



disguise noun. ME.
[from the verb.]
Alteration of a customary style of dress; a new or strange fashion. ME-L16.
Alteration of dress, appearance, etc., to conceal identity; the state of being disguised in order to deceive. LME.
BLESSING in disguise.
B. Harris In this extremity he left that City in disguise.
A garment, style, manner, etc., assumed for concealment or deception; a means of concealment or deception; a false appearance. L16.
W. Belsham This high-sounding language is merely the disguise of ignorance. G. Meredith Perfect candour can do more for us than a dark disguise. L. Deighton The 'bookcase'..proved to be an artful disguise for the doors of a cocktail cabinet.
The act or practice of disguising; concealment of reality under a false appearance. E17.
T. Medwin Friend..to whom I communicate without disguise the inmost secrets of my breast.
A masque. E-M17.
Intoxication. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
disguiseless adjective M19.