selfsame
pronunciation
How to pronounce selfsame in British English:
UK [ˈselfseɪm]
How to pronounce selfsame in American English:
US [ˈsɛlfˌsem]
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- Adjective:
- being the exact same one; not any other:
Word Origin
- selfsame
- "identical," early 15c., from self + same. Written as two words until c. 1600.
Example
- 1. He won two gold medals on the selfsame day .
- 2. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour .
- 3. It made her try for other effects that selfsame day .
- 4. In the selfsame day was abraham circumcised , and ishmael his son .
- 5. And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover , unleavened cakes , and parched in the selfsame day .