Meanings
xir1
alternative xeir
- nonstandardpossessiveBelonging to xe, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.
This causes Cici to hide parts of xir identity to protect from these stereotypes.
2019 October 30, Debbie Luxon, “Myth-busting asexuality: Being asexual in Cambridgeshire”, in Cambridgeshire Live2 more examples
in the recent past, there was an impeachment trial of a judge where every juror was told to secretly choose xir own standard.
1999 January 3, Matthew Daly, soc.singles.moderated (Usenet)The soft blue sky had the feel of a good omen. In Xir old age, the god moved slower every year; lingering in the shallows long after the last fish had been swallowed up by nets. Sometimes Xe stood still for days, in sight of the shore, as if Xe had not quite decided whether to beach Xemself for good. Let Xem only survive long enough to spawn a new god! Else Xir helpless people would be godless ans stranded in the haunted dryland where the dead cities slept. Where less kindly deities roamed.
2023, Aimee Ogden, “A Half-Remembered World”, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol. 145, no. 1-2, whole no. 768 (July/August 2023), pages 146-202Synonyms: xyr
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Synonyms & antonyms
determinerBelonging to xe, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.
Origin
xir · noun
An adaptation of sir, warped to resemble the neopronoun xe; check Etymology 1 above.
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xir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xir
“xir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xir. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xir,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xir.
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