ipsissima verba
Americanadverb
noun
plural noun
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
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We have the ipsissima verba, the exact words of Jesus.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rest is my ipsissima verba, and I only wonder that it turns out as well as it does—for I wrote it faster than ever I wrote anything in my life.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 by Huxley, Thomas Henry
But we cannot regard all that the Johannine Christ says about himself as the ipsissima verba of Jesus.
From Philosophy and Religion Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge by Rashdall, Hastings
He tends to reduce Christianity to the ipsissima verba of its Founder.
From Philosophy and Religion Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge by Rashdall, Hastings
The preceding narrative is given in the ipsissima verba of the good old clergyman, under whose hand it was delivered to Doctor Hesselius.
From In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
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