himsadj.

Brit.

/hɪmz/, U.S.

/hɪmz/

Forms: 1600s– hims, 1900s– him's.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: him pron.

Etymology: < him pron. + genitive ending -s, after hers pron.¹The 19th-cent. phonetician and dialectologist A. J. Ellis records pronunciations reflecting this word from Eggleton, Herefordshire:1889 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. V. iii. 74 He would go and swill his [imz] face in the brook... He got on his [imz] two feet.

regional and nonstandard.

= his adj.In early use in literary representations of the English of the Scottish Highlands; later also in representations of the speech of black or non-native English speakers.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > owning > [adjective] > own > his, her, its, or their > his or her

hereOE

hiseOE

hers1555

himsc1700

him1780

he1833

his'n1895

c1700 in J. Maidment New Bk. Old Ballads (1844) 14 He ware a ponet on hims head, Ane ourlar bout hims craigie.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiv. 229 To coup the ill-faured loon of ta red-coat Captain, and hims corporal Cramp, and twa three o' the red-coats into the loch.

1835 J. D. Carrick Laird of Logan 79 We wanted ta moon to gang till hims ped before we will come into Glashgow.

1900 H. Blore Imperial Light Horseman 135 He no drink millik 'way from hims own Kraal. Drink Kaffir beer, yes. Eat mealie-pap, yes.

c1937 in G. P. Rawick Amer. Slave (1972) II. 105 He might send for Dr. Madden, him's son-in-law, as how he was.

2012 J. Richards Snake Ropes 5 Him breathes in like I've just jabbed hims chest with one of the needles.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hims
释义	himsadj. Brit. /hɪmz/, U.S. /hɪmz/ Forms: 1600s– hims, 1900s– him's. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: him pron. Etymology: < him pron. + genitive ending -s, after hers pron.¹The 19th-cent. phonetician and dialectologist A. J. Ellis records pronunciations reflecting this word from Eggleton, Herefordshire:1889 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. V. iii. 74 He would go and swill his [imz] face in the brook... He got on his [imz] two feet. regional and nonstandard. = his adj.In early use in literary representations of the English of the Scottish Highlands; later also in representations of the speech of black or non-native English speakers. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > [adjective] > own > his, her, its, or their > his or her hereOE hiseOE hers1555 himsc1700 him1780 he1833 his'n1895 c1700 in J. Maidment New Bk. Old Ballads (1844) 14 He ware a ponet on hims head, Ane ourlar bout hims craigie. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiv. 229 To coup the ill-faured loon of ta red-coat Captain, and hims corporal Cramp, and twa three o' the red-coats into the loch. 1835 J. D. Carrick Laird of Logan 79 We wanted ta moon to gang till hims ped before we will come into Glashgow. 1900 H. Blore Imperial Light Horseman 135 He no drink millik 'way from hims own Kraal. Drink Kaffir beer, yes. Eat mealie-pap, yes. c1937 in G. P. Rawick Amer. Slave (1972) II. 105 He might send for Dr. Madden, him's son-in-law, as how he was. 2012 J. Richards Snake Ropes 5 Him breathes in like I've just jabbed hims chest with one of the needles. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1700
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