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the art of being looked at and never once seen.
means To change someone's or something's appearance so its true nature stays hidden, or the costume and concealment used to do so.
from From Old French 'desguiser,' built from the prefix 'des-' (away, off) and 'guise' — meaning manner, fashion, or way of appearing. So the literal sense was to put off one's usual guise, to step out of your ordinary look. 'Guise' itself traces back through Germanic roots related to 'wise' (as in 'in this wise,' meaning in this manner). The word arrived in English in the 1300s, and for a long time simply meant changing your clothes or style — only later did it sharpen into the deliberate craft of hiding the truth beneath the surface.
- royal trick
- Marie Antoinette fled in disguise, caught by her own portrait coins
- animal masters
- Octopuses change color and texture in milliseconds
- wartime art
- Ships wore dazzle camouflage to confuse torpedo aim
- glasses myth
- Clark Kent's only disguise is eyewear, somehow undefeated
- orchid con
- Some flowers mimic female bees to trick males into pollinating
operation mincemeat — 1943 british military deception: dead body dressed as royal marine officer to fool nazi germany about sicily invasion
navajo code talkers — wwii indigenous soldiers used navajo language as unbreakable military code disguised as native communication