selfsame

[ self-seym, -seym ]
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adjective
  1. being the very same; identical.

Origin of selfsame

1
1375–1425; late Middle English selve same;see self, same; cognate with Danish selvsamme,Old High German selbsama

Other words for selfsame

Other words from selfsame

  • selfsameness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for selfsame

selfsame

/ (ˈsɛlfˌseɪm) /


adjective
  1. (prenominal) the very same

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