selfsame

See also: self-same

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for selfsame in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Etymology

From Middle English selfsame, from earlier selve same, equivalent to self +‎ same or self- +‎ same. Compare Old High German selbsama (“selfsame, identical”), Danish selvsamme (“selfsame, identical”), English selfsome. More at self, same.

Adjective

selfsame (not comparable)

  1. Precisely the same; the very same; identical.

Quotations

  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:selfsame.

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Further reading

  • selfsame in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • selfsame in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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