See also: Himself

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English hymself, from Old English him selfum. Equivalent to him +‎ -self.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hɪmˈsɛlf/, /ɪ̈msɛlf/
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  • Hyphenation: him‧self
  • Rhymes: -ɛlf

Pronoun

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himself (the third person singular, masculine, personal pronoun, reflexive form of he, feminine herself, neuter itself, plural themselves, gender-neutral singular himself or themselves or themself)

  1. (reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
    He injured himself.
  2. (emphatic) He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate
    He was injured himself.
  3. (Ireland, otherwise archaic) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 7, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes [], book II, London: [] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount [], →OCLC:
      Yet it is that himselfe had been liberally gratified by his Unkle with militarie rewards, before ever he went to warres.
    • Sir John Denham (1614-1669)
      With shame remembers, while himself was one / Of the same herd, himself the same had done.
    • 1998, Kirk Jones, Waking Ned, Tomboy films:
      Dennis: His glass is there and himself is in the toilet.
  4. (Ireland) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he (used of upper-class gentlemen, or sarcastically, of men who imagine themselves to be more important than others)
    Has himself come down to breakfast yet?
    Have you seen himself yet this morning?

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