Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hisself

/ˈhɪz.sɛlf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables: his-self
IPA: /ˈhɪz.sɛlf/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

Informal

Example Sentences

"Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that "he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since he tooled him up to the 'Varsity with his guvnor.""
"Then when he had finally got through he sat down and luk'd as tho' he hisself would die of grief if they brought in a verdict of guilty."
"I sure hope he don't get hisself hurt one of these days, running his mouth thataway."
"‘Charles ain't exactly got his feet on the ground. Last week he swore to me that he was spending his nights in New Orleans manwhoring hisself.[…]’"

Etymology

From Middle English his-self, his self, his-selfe, his-selven, his selfen; equivalent to his + -self.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: his-self
Suffix: his

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

theirselves (plural)

Phrases

every man for hisself

Rhymes With

yourself myself self himself itself herself shelf elf oneself thyself themself ourself

Questions

How do you pronounce hisself?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɪz.sɛlf/.
What does hisself mean?: Himself.
Where does hisself come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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