eirself

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pronoun

A gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, equivalent to themselves/themself and coordinate with himself or herself.

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Meanings

pronoun
  1. nonstandardrarereflexiveA gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, equivalent to themselves/themself and coordinate with himself or herself.

    In practical terms, the sensei needs to teach some stretching in order to protect eir students from injury and eirself from liability.

    1999 July 23, Allover Stripes, “looking for a style”, in rec.martial-arts.moderated (Usenet)
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    Finished with spiritual cleaning, Eir hunger satisfied, Sereah took a quick sonic shower and prepared Eirself for the formal dinner. E wasn't yet used to Eir red command uniform.

    1999 November 30, excalibor, “USS TITANIA: Preparations for dinner...”, in alt.starfleet.rpg (Usenet)

Origin

From eir + -self, in pattern of hisself and herself (construed as formed from adjectival her), or by dropping th from theirself.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with eirself

selfyourselfitselfhimselfmyselfherselfshelfelfGuelphtwelfththyselfthemselfourselfdelfdelphhisselfRelphHelfBelfatselfChelfcoselfemselfhirself
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Cite this entry
APA

eirself. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eirself

MLA

“eirself.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eirself. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eirself,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eirself.

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