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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A little roughed-up, a little damp, but the selfsame sand.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2023
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.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
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
Angered, the football gods saw to it that the Broncos’ season ended with an embarrassing first-round playoff collapse before those selfsame home fans.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2015
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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