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Definition of Themself
1. Pronoun. Reflexive and emphatic form of '''them''' when '''them''' is used as a non-gender-specific singular pronoun (singular they). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Themself
1. an sexually unspecified person [pron]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Themself
Literary usage of Themself
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1920 themself According to the OED, themself was the normal form of the third
... The OED says that themself”disappeared” by about 1570, but we do have a ..."
2. The Camden Miscellany by Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), Camden Society (Great Britain) (1875)
"... themself to theyr ende, ... may move themself whether they wyll, ... of themself,
nother be ..."
3. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... although certain and many " of the said preachers so before licenced have
be- " haved themself very discretly and wisely, and to " the honor of God and ..."
4. Dodd's Church History of England from the Commencement of the Sixteenth by Hugh Tootell (1839)
"... although certain and many of the said preachers, so before licensed, have
behaved themself very discreetly and^wisely, and to the honour of God, ..."
5. Dodd's Church History of England from the Commencement of the Sixteenth by Charles Dodd, Hugh Tootell, Mark Aloysius Tierney (1839)
"... although certain and many of the said preachers, so before licensed, have
behaved themself very discreetly and wisely, and to the honour of God, ..."
6. Two Sermons Preached by the Boy Bishop at St. Paul's, Temp. Henry VIII. [i.e by John Gough Nichols, Edward Francis Rimbault (1875)
"... themself to theyr ende, ... may move themself whether they wyll, ... of themself,
nother be ..."
7. The Reign of Henry VII from Contemporary Sources by Albert Frederick Pollard (1914)
"Item, all those that hath lands, rents, etc. to the yearly value of 400 li.
or above, to the sum of a 1000 li. exclusive, must pay for themself, and their ..."
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