disguise

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Clothes, makeup, or other things used to change your appearance and hide who you are.

   The spy wore a wig and glasses as a disguise.

2. 2
   verb

   To change someone's or something's appearance in order to hide it.

   She disguised herself as a waiter to get into the party.

3. 3
   verb

   To hide something such as a feeling or fact.

   He couldn't disguise his anger at the news.

From Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern French déguiser), itself derived from des- (“dis-”) (from Latin dis-) + guise (“guise”) (from a Germanic source).

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