Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weself

/ˌwiˈsɛlf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: we-self
IPA: /ˌwiˈsɛlf/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

Synonym of ourselves.

Example Sentences

"At another dinner, the president, on the removal of the cloth, rose and said... We will conduct weself in sich a manner, dat massa will neber be sorry for what him do dis night."
"Doctor, dey ain't no magic Yankee medicine could save any of we. Few halfdollars... would help, but de only medicine could save we is we weself."

Etymology

From Middle English we-self, weself, we selve, &c., from Old English we selfe and later separate construction as we + -self. Compare Tyneside English we (“us”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: we-self, we selfe
Suffix: we

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌwiˈsɛlf/
British English: /wiːˈsɛlf/

Inflected Forms

weselves (alternative) we-selves (alternative) we'selves (alternative)

Synonyms

ourselves

Questions

How do you pronounce weself?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌwiˈsɛlf/.
What does weself mean?: Synonym of ourselves.
Where does weself come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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