perself
Syllables: per·self
perself pronoun: per, themself; gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of per.
Pronoun
perself
- Per, themself; gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of per.
- Per injured perself.
- I can't comment on the original poster's motivations, but I do know that some agencies (mine, for instance) will not release any information until the adoptee is 18, and then the adoptee perself has to request the information.1996 February 22, Susan Groppi, “These messages make me so sad...”, in alt.adoption (Usenet)
- Synonyms:
- themself
Synonyms of perself
Origin of perself
per (from person) + -self (like himself, herself, etc.)
Words that rhyme with perself
38 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- yourself
- atself
- Godself
- Guelph
- hirself
- it self
- m'self
- themself
- xyrself
- zirself
- -self
- Belf
- Chelf
- coself
- eirself
- emself
- Guelf
- Helf
- hisself
- hitself
- ittself
- know thyself
- meself
- off-the-shelf
- one's self
- oneself
- Relph
- theeself
- theirself
- theyself
- thonself
- thyself
- xemself
- y'allself
- yerself
- yo'self
- yoself
- youself
Questions about perself
- What does perself mean?
- Perself means per, themself; gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of per.
- What part of speech is perself?
- Perself is a pronoun.
Words near perself in the dictionary
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