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[ self-seym, -seym ] / ˈsɛlfˌseɪm, -ˈseɪm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR selfsame ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivebeing the very same; identical. Origin of selfsame1375–1425; late Middle English selve same;see self, same; cognate with Danish selvsamme,Old High German selbsama SYNONYMS FOR selfsameexact, very, same. SEE SYNONYMS FOR selfsame ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM selfsameselfsameness, nounWords nearby selfsameself-righteous, self-righting, self-rising, self-rule, self-sacrifice, selfsame, self-satisfaction, self-satisfied, self-satisfying, self-sealing, self-seeker Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for selfsameThis selfsame worship of power demands also demands silence and absolute loyalty. The Violent Side of Friday Night Lights|Robert Silverman|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST And yes, the NCAA recently rejiggered its Talumudically inscrutable rules in ways that will benefit the selfsame big five. Welcome to the 2014 College Football Season: Exploitation, Florida State, and the Accused|Robert Silverman|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Indeed, conspicuous precedent for forced change exists with respect to this selfsame Washington football club. Dear Editors: Ban ‘Redskins’|Michael Tomasky|June 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST Her eyes were as they had been that day near this selfsame spot years before, kind and endearing. The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
And all my seven brothers went down to Hades on the selfsame day! The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10)|Various If you cannot say, "He that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God," you have really nothing. The Great Commission|C. H. (Charles Henry) Mackintosh The selfsame situation fifteen years ago as the Bomb fell upon Hiroshima. The Brain|Alexander Blade Once to a crowded social fêteBoth these much-titled people came, And each perceived, when introduced,They had the selfsame name. The Book of Humorous Verse|Various
British Dictionary definitions for selfsame
adjective(prenominal) the very same Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to selfsameaforesaid, carbon, clone, coequal, comparable, compatible, corresponding, ditto, double, dupe, duplicate, equal, equivalent, identic, identical, indistinguishable, interchangeable, like, likewise, look-alike |