"wily beguily" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wily beguilies [plural]
Etymology: Rhyming alteration of wily + beguile. Head templates: {{en-noun|nolinkhead=1}} wily beguily (plural wily beguilies)
  1. (obsolete) Someone who is caught by their own trickery; a person that becomes trapped by their own craftiness. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wily_beguily-en-noun-P4GcCagm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
  2. (obsolete) A cunning trick, something wily, trickery. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wily_beguily-en-noun-QsDU7DuW

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
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          "_dis": "93 7",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        "Someone who is caught by their own trickery; a person that becomes trapped by their own craftiness."
      ],
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        "(obsolete) Someone who is caught by their own trickery; a person that becomes trapped by their own craftiness."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
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    },
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        {
          "ref": "1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.8:",
          "text": "I often hazard upon certaine outslips of my minde for which I distrust my selfe; and certaine verball wilie-beguilies [translating finesses], whereat I shake mine eares; but I let them runne at hab or nab […].",
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        "A cunning trick, something wily, trickery."
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        "(obsolete) A cunning trick, something wily, trickery."
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    "English nouns",
    "English rhyming phrases",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "etymology_text": "Rhyming alteration of wily + beguile.",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Someone who is caught by their own trickery; a person that becomes trapped by their own craftiness."
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          "text": "I often hazard upon certaine outslips of my minde for which I distrust my selfe; and certaine verball wilie-beguilies [translating finesses], whereat I shake mine eares; but I let them runne at hab or nab […].",
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      ],
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