wiles
1Wiles — is a family name. For its etymology, meaning, related names, and translations, see Wiktionary. People commonly known by the family name Wiles include: * Andrew Wiles, British mathematician who proved Fermat s Last Theorem * Archie Wiles,… …
2Wiles — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Andrew Wiles (* 1953), britischer Mathematiker Archie Wiles (1892–1957), Cricketspieler aus Barbados, der für Trinidad spielte Irving Ramsey Wiles (1861–1948), US amerikanischer Maler Jason Wiles (* 1970) …
3wiles — [waılz] n [plural] [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Perhaps from an unrecorded Old North French wile (singular), from Old French guile; GUILE] clever talk or tricks used to persuade someone to do what you want ▪ It was impossible to resist her feminine… …
4Wiles — Andrew John …
5wiles — index knavery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6wiles — [ waılz ] noun plural ways of persuading or tricking someone so that they do what you want …
7wiles — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ devious or cunning stratagems. ORIGIN perhaps related to an Old Norse word meaning craft …
8wiles — n tricks, stratagems, ruses, ploys, devices, contrivances, guile, manoeuvres, subterfuge, cunning, deceit, deception, cheating, trickery, fraud, craftiness, artfulness, chicanery COLLOQ. dodges ≠ guilelessness * * * [plural noun] trickery,… …
9wiles — [[t]wa͟ɪlz[/t]] N PLURAL: usu supp N, N of n Wiles are clever tricks that people, especially women, use to persuade other people to do something. She claimed that women use their feminine wiles to get on …
10Wiles — Recorded in many spellings including While, Whiles, Willas, Wiles, Willes, Wills, Willys, Williss, Willos and Wileson, this is an English patronymic surname. It is however arguably of early Germanic or Anglo Saxon pre 7th century origins deriving …
