theirself
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From their + -self, patterned on e.g. myself, ourself/ourselves and herself (construed as being formed from adjectival her).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛlf
Pronoun[edit]
theirself
- (nonstandard) Alternative form of themselves.
- 1977, Lou Rawls, “Some Folks Never Learn”, Unmistakably Lou, Philadelphia International
- Some folks never learn / They never learn / Learn how to be true to theirself.
- 1977, Lou Rawls, “Some Folks Never Learn”, Unmistakably Lou, Philadelphia International