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
These are the ipsissima verba of one who, in every other relation of life, is exceptionally kind and genial.
From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)
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
That Scriptural quotations found in the writings of Origen, of Tertullian, of Jerome, must needs be the ipsissima verba of the Spirit.
From The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by Burgon, John William
The translations I have given are sometimes paraphrastic, and virtually contain glosses or interpretations which make it necessary to warn the reader against regarding them as in every case Dante's ipsissima verba.
From Dante Six Sermons by Wicksteed, Philip H.
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