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your good self

your good self noun: you; yourself.

Noun

your good self (plural your good selves)

  1. You; yourself.
    • You talk of pride : O that you could turn your eyes towards the napes of your necks, and make but an interior survey of your good selves !1608, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus
    • This is the only time my low estate has been troublesome to me, since it has subjected me to the frights I have undergone. Love to your good self, and all my dear fellowservants.1740, Samuel Richardson, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see your, good, self.; The good aspect of yourself or your reputation.
    • Your good self is well differentiated. It has its own boundaries. Your bad self does not.1995, Althea Horner, Object Relations and the Developing Ego in Therapy, →ISBN, page 182
    • I feel sick to the core and I need you to be Dorrie the caring, good listener, your good self.2012, Gloria Cook, Unforgettable, →ISBN

Forms of your good self

pluralyour good selves

Questions about your good self

What does your good self mean?
Your good self means you; yourself.
What part of speech is your good self?
Your good self is a noun.
What is the plural of your good self?
The plural of your good self is your good selves.

Words near your good self in the dictionary

  1. Your Excellencies
  2. Your Excellency
  3. your face, your fate
  4. your girl
  5. your good name
  6. your good self
  7. your good selves
  8. your goodself
  9. your goodselves
  10. your grace
  11. your graces

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