Etymology

guileful

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Today it means: Full of guile; treacherously deceptive. Full definition →

Middle English gileful
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromgileful
  2. English todayguileful

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

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