herself
/hɜːˈsɛlf/ · pron
Meaning
- Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
- She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person .
- The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)
- Honorific alternative letter-case form of herself, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English. Equivalent to her + -self.
- -(enm)→
- herself (English)
- Relations: inh
Related words
Descendant words
- arself(Jamaican Creole) (der)
- arself(Jamaican Creole) (der)
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