Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ownself

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: own-self
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

(One's) self; used with a preceding possessive adjective to form a pronominal phrase.

adv

On one's own; on one's own initiative; single-handedly.

Example Sentences

"You may be ashamed of your ownself, to disturb People at this Time of Night."
"“Tea Cake ain't been no boy for some time. He's round thirty his ownself.”"
"Did you paint this your ownself?"
"You ownself go and ask her if can or not—if cannot, then bo pian lor."

Etymology

From own + self.

Questions

What does ownself mean?: (One's) self; used with a preceding possessive adjective to form a pronominal phrase.
Where does ownself come from?: From own + self.

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