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hys

hys determiner: gender-variant or gender-neutral spelling of his. Also the obsolete form of his.

Determiner

hys

  1. (nonstandard) Gender-variant or gender-neutral spelling of his.
    • Petti’s effort was motivated by hys desire to change a practice that hy recognized as discriminatory, and thus clearly contrary to CC’s values.2014, Han Sayles, “Beyond Inclusivity: An investigation of CC’s new trans-inclusive healthcare”, in Cipher Magazine (Colorado College), archived from the original on 18 Nov 2020, page 8

Proper noun capitalized: Hys

Hys

  1. (plural) plural of Hy

Also used as

hys is also the obsolete form of his.

Questions about hys

What does hys mean?
Hys means gender-variant or gender-neutral spelling of his.
What part of speech is hys?
Hys can be a determiner or a proper noun.

Words near hys in the dictionary

  1. Hyrrokin
  2. hyrtioreticulin
  3. Hyrum
  4. Hyrum's law
  5. Hyrynsalmi
  6. hys
  7. HYSA
  8. HYSAs
  9. Hysell
  10. Hysells
  11. Hysham

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