Emself

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É›lf
• Hyphenation: em + self

Origin

em + self, or by removing "th" from themself (cf. also 'emself, 'emselves)

Full definition of emself

Pronoun

1. (neologism, reflexive) em, themself; gender-neutral.
2. (neologism, emphatic) em, themself; an intensive repetition of a gender-neutral subject, often used to indicate exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of a predicate.

Synonyms

• themself
• neologism hirself

Hyponyms

• himself, herself