selfsame

[ self-seym, -seym ]

/ ˈsɛlfˌseɪm, -ˈseɪm /

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adjective

being the very same; identical.

OTHER WORDS FOR selfsame

exact, very, same.

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Origin of selfsame

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

OTHER WORDS FROM selfsame

selfsameness, noun

Words nearby selfsame

self-righteous, self-righting, self-rising, self-rule, self-sacrifice, selfsame, self-satisfaction, self-satisfied, self-satisfying, self-sealing, self-seeker

How to use selfsame in a sentence

This selfsame worship of power demands also demands silence and absolute loyalty.
The Violent Side of Friday Night Lights|Robert Silverman|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And yes, the NCAA recently rejiggered its Talumudically inscrutable rules in ways that will benefit the selfsame big five.
Welcome to the 2014 College Football Season: Exploitation, Florida State, and the Accused|Robert Silverman|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Indeed, conspicuous precedent for forced change exists with respect to this selfsame Washington football club.
Dear Editors: Ban ‘Redskins’|Michael Tomasky|June 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Her eyes were as they had been that day near this selfsame spot years before, kind and endearing.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux

The old manservant was the selfsame man who had so devotedly served the previous tenant.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux
The selfsame trick, if trick it was, is repeated night after night, without variation.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865|Various
And his companion heard, almost with a shudder, the selfsame words from the priest, as the kneeling of the congregation subsided.
Somehow Good|William de Morgan
Indeed, I recognized that his face had assumed the selfsame look of insolent familiarity it wore when he spoke of Cleremont.
That Boy Of Norcott's|Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for selfsame

selfsame

/ (ˈsɛlfˌseɪm) /

adjective

(prenominal) the very same

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