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selfsame

[self-seym, -seym]

Origin

adjective

being the very same; identical.

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

Related forms

self·same·ness, noun

Synonyms
exact, very, same.

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World English Dictionary

selfsame (ˈsɛlfˌseɪm)

—*adj*
	(prenominal) the very same

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Word Origin & History

selfsame

"identical," 1408, from self + same. Written as two words until c.1600.

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"I was not much afeard; for once or twice
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