ownsomepron.
/ˈəʊns(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈoʊns(ə)m/ colloquial.
= own pron. Chiefly in on one's ownsome (also by one's ownsome): alone, by oneself.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [adverb] > by oneself
by oneself (himself, themselves, etc.)eOE
myself one (also alone)a1300
of oneselfc1450
sole1450
post alone1478
solely1495
high-lone1533
myselfc1540
lone1613
solus cum solo1742
on one's ownio1908
on one's Pat Malone1908
on one's lonely(-o)1919
on one's ownsome1921
on one's jack1931
on one's tod1934
1921 L. Herscher Nestle in Your Daddy's Arms (song) You know I'm awf'ly lonesome When I'm by my ownsome.
1939 M. Harrison What are we waiting For? 130 You tucked up for bye-byes all on your little ownsome.
1948 D. Ballantyne Cunninghams ii. xvii. 248 We'll call at the cottage..and dance on our ownsome.
1986 I. Wedde Symmes Hole (1988) 157 Say, who's that villain moored all on 'is ownsome over yonder in t'cubby?
2000 W. Self How Dead Live (2001) xi. 259 I'd catch Charlie and Richard trying to make a baby for their very ownsome.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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