eirself

English

Etymology

From eir + -self, in pattern of hisself and herself (construed as formed from adjectival her), or by dropping th from theirself.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛlf

Pronoun

eirself

  1. (reflexive, rare, nonstandard) A gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, equivalent to themself and coordinate with himself or herself.
    • 1999 July 23, Allover Stripes, “looking for a style”, in rec.martial-arts.moderated (Usenet):
      In practical terms, the sensei needs to teach some stretching in order to protect eir students from injury and eirself from liability.
    • 1999 November 30, excalibor, “USS TITANIA: Preparations for dinner...”, in alt.starfleet.rpg (Usenet):
      Finished with spiritual cleaning, Eir hunger satisfied, Sereah took a quick sonic shower and prepared Eirself for the formal dinner. E wasn't yet used to Eir red command uniform.

Synonyms

  • see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns

Anagrams

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