eirself
English
Etymology
From eir + self, in pattern of hisself and herself (construed as formed from adjectival her), or by dropping th from theirself.
Pronoun
eirself
- (reflexive, rare) A gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, equivalent to themself and coordinate with himself or herself.
- 1999 July 23, "Allover Stripes", "looking for a style", rec.martial-arts.moderated, Usenet:
- 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 alt.starfleet.rpg, Usenet:
- 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 July 23, "Allover Stripes", "looking for a style", rec.martial-arts.moderated, Usenet:
Synonyms
- see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns
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