selfsame
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of selfsame
1375–1425; late Middle English selve same; see self, same; cognate with Danish selvsamme, Old High German selbsama
Example Sentences
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Instead of reflection on that point, we have to grapple with the fact that it comes from the selfsame jurists who see every critique of their own conduct as intolerable.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2022
After real human curiosity is ignited in Phil’s blighted being, then comes room for actual humanity as he brings a forgotten soul to the selfsame counter for one bowl, then another, of soup.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2021
And one of the editors was John Curtice, whose exit poll this evening now poses that selfsame question once again, nearly 30 years on.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 12, 2019
And the views, while spectacular, were marred by teeming people, jabbering away, taking selfies, staring at those selfsame selfies instead of staring at Half Dome, the valley, the falls.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2019
She married soon thereafter, the selfsame man who accused her of sublimity, and gave him merry hell for many years.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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