Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emself

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: em-self
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

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Em, a gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of em, equivalent to themselves/themself (also used for emphasis).

Example Sentences

"Eir sentences would sound smoother since ey wouldn't clutter them with the old sexist pronouns. And if ey should trip up in the new usage, ey would only have emself to blame."
"In this particular instance, a wizard eventually took it upon emself to @toad Mr_Bungle..."
"The adult worries much less; is cautious, sensible and knows how to protect emself and eir system from attack and error."
"As he^([sic]) struggled to yank Sarah back to eir room, Edward promised emself that ey'd do whatever ey could to save what was left of eir sibling's sanity- and protect em from their monster of a mother."

Etymology

From em + -self, or by removing "th" from themself (cf. also 'emself, 'emselves).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: em

Rhymes With

-self it self youself yoself yo'self theyself y'allself hirself ittself xyrself theeself hitself

Questions

What does emself mean?: Em, a gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of em, equivalent to themselves/themself (also used for emphasis).
Where does emself come from?: From em + -self, or by removing "th" from themself (cf. also 'emself, 'emselves).

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