Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

himselves

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: him-selves
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

Him; used to indicate the referent as an entity with more than one self.

Example Sentences

"Coordinate term: herselves"
"It was infuriating, because Carpenter was only ninety or two hundred and seventy degrees away, but without the right gadgetry or guaranteed stone-cold reliable method of cheating (damn Mr Tanner's mum to goblin hell for taking the bloody thing from him, just when he really, really needed it) he had no hope whatsoever of establishing contact between himselves."
"Mr D P Roberts, however, describes himself or himselves as a radical libertarian revolutionary and a "centre of trust" for all Silk Road's otherwise decentralised operations."
"When Clayton Stern entered the Hall of Mirrors he saw a number of himselves sneering back at him."

Etymology

From him + -selves.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: him

Questions

What does himselves mean?: Him; used to indicate the referent as an entity with more than one self.
Where does himselves come from?: From him + -selves.

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