Eirself

Origin

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

Pronoun

pronoun

1. (neologism, reflexive, nonstandard) emself, themself; gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, coordinate with himself or herself.
• 1999 July 23, "Allover Stripes", "looking for a style",

• In practical terms, the sensei needs to teach some stretching in order to protect eir students from injury and eirself from liability.
• 1999 November 30, "excalibor" (username), "USS TITANIA: Preparations for dinner...", in

• 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.

Synonyms

• neologism emself
• themself
• neologism hirself

Hyponyms

• himself, herself