WILES


Meaning of WILES in English

wiles /waɪlz/ BrE AmE noun [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 wiles.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.