selfsame

[self-seym, -seym]

adjective

1. being the very same; identical.

   Synonyms: same, very, exact

selfsame

/ ˈsɛlfˌseɪm /

adjective

1. (prenominal) the very same

Other Word Forms

• selfsameness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of selfsame¹

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

Example Sentences

The museum is the creation of the selfsame luxury watchmaker, which two watchmakers founded in a building next door in 1875.

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“Stared at as closely and keenly as possible,” Dillon writes, “even the most elegant, precise or selfsame forms are revealed as monsters.”

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Then, importantly, this selfsame source claimed to, for sure, know the provenance of the pesto — that it came frozen, with notably simple, appropriate ingredients, and that it was called Armanino Basil Pesto.

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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.

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And one of the editors was John Curtice, whose exit poll this evening now poses that selfsame question once again, nearly 30 years on.

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