ipsissima verba

American  

[ip-sis-si-mah wer-bah, ip-sis-uh-muh vur-buh] / ɪpˈsɪs sɪˌmɑ ˈwɛr bɑ, ɪpˈsɪs ə mə ˈvɜr bə /

adverb

1. with the very words; verbatim.

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noun

1. the very words.

ipsissima verba British  

/ ɪpˈsɪsɪmə ˈvɜːbə /

plural noun

1. the very words; verbatim

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Etymology

Origin of ipsissima verba

First recorded in 1800–10; from Latin ipsissima, neuter plural of ipsissimus “the very same” (superlative of ipse “oneself, the very one”) + verba, plural of verbum “word”; cf. ipso facto ( def. ), verbal ( def. )

Example Sentences

We have the ipsissima verba, the exact words of Jesus.

From Time Magazine Archive

He tends to reduce Christianity to the ipsissima verba of its Founder.

From Philosophy and Religion Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge by Rashdall, Hastings

These are the ipsissima verba of one who, in every other relation of life, is exceptionally kind and genial.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)

With reference to the support of education, Mr. Baird expressed a clearly defined opinion, of which we quote the ipsissima verba.

From Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities by Jeans, J. Stephen (James Stephen)

The method of procedure has in every case been to sit them down to their recital and make them dictate slowly; so the stories are in their ipsissima verba.

From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Jekyll, Walter