themself
/ðɛmˈsɛlf/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
pron
The reflexive form of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
pron
Synonym of themselves (the third-person plural).
Example Sentences
- "Someone could hurt themself."
- "Anyone who wants a car like mine can buy one themself."
- "The 10th of April the Austrian General Göcz was defeated by Görgey at Vácz, where Leiningen highly distinguished themself."
- "After infinite wanderings the little note has reached us. […] Almost any one under the circumstances would have doubted if it were theirs, or indeed if they were themself—but to us it was clear."
- "[…] they woulden't ^([sic]) always be trying to make Themself Look Diffarunt ^([sic]) from what nature made Them."
- "Boys like to talk about themselves—much more than girls. A girl once, named Helen Walcott, told me (and she was the most popular debutante in Washington one winter) that as soon as she got her man talking about himself she had him cinched and harnessed—they give themself away."
Etymology
From Middle English theimself. Equivalent to them + -self. Reinforced by analogy with the singular-plural distinction between yourself and yourselves.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
of they (reflexive, singular)