ourself
/(ˌ)aʊə(ɹ)ˈsɛlf/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
pron
The reflexive of the royal or editorial we: myself (as used by one who is a monarch, writer or speaker when referring to oneself as we).
pron
Reflexive of "we" referring to an individual person being addressed, especially a person in the speaker's care.
Colloquial
Example Sentences
- "In the present study, we will limit ourself to the simplest of cases."
- "Without in any way committing ourself upon this point, we have merely to observe, that we are ready to receive sealed offers containing a full specification of age, temper, appearance, and condition[…]"
- "He then offered to guide us down to see for ourself, but one look down that dark hole to the water about 60 feet below completely dampened our speluncean ardor."
- "We should love our neighbor as ourself."
- "Hello Mrs Miggins. Did we manage to wash ourself this morning?"
- "Well done Timmy! Did we make that model ourself?"
Etymology
Origin
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Inflected Forms
of we (reflexive, singular)