yourself

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English

Alternative forms

• yerself
• yo'self
• yoself
• Yourself (honorific)

Etymology

From Middle English yourself, equivalent to your +‎ -self.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, strong) IPA^(key): /jɔːˈsɛlf/, /jʊəˈsɛlf/
• (Received Pronunciation, weak) IPA^(key): /jəˈsɛlf/
• (General American, strong) IPA^(key): /jɔɹˈsɛlf/, /jʊɹˈsɛlf/
• (General American, weak) IPA^(key): /jɚˈsɛlf/
• Hyphenation: your‧self
• Rhymes: -ɛlf

Pronoun

yourself (referring to the person being spoken to, previously mentioned, the reflexive case of you)

1. (reflexive pronoun) Your own self (singular).

2. You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.

   You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.

   After a good night's sleep you'll feel like yourself again.

   1. (formal, proscribed) You (singular); in other contexts, a hypercorrection perceived as being more polite in formal and professional conversation..

      I spoke with yourself last in February.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• youreself, yourselff

Etymology

your +‎ self

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːrsɛlf/

Pronoun

yourself

1. Emphatic plural 2nd person pron.

Descendants

• English: yourself
• Yola: yerzel

References

• “yǒur-self, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.