Definitions for selfsame
ˈsɛlfˌseɪm, -ˈseɪmself·same

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. identical, selfsame(a), very(a)adjective

   being the exact same one; not any other:

   "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. selfsameadjective

   Precisely the same; the very same; identical.

2. Etymology: From selfsame, from earlier, equivalent to or. Compare selbsama, selvsamme, selfsome. More at self, same.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Selfsameadjective

   Numerically the same.

   Etymology: self and same.

   I have no great cause to look for other than the self-same portion and lot, which your manner hath been hitherto to lay on them that concur not in opinion with you. Richard Hooker, Pref.

   Flight pursu’d one way the self-same hour. John Milton.

   I have been base,
   Base ev’n to him from whom I did receive
   All that a son could to a parent give:
   Behold me punish’d in the self-same kind;
   Th’ ungrateful does a more ungrateful find. Dryden.

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1. selfsame

   Selfsame refers to being the exact same or identical. It is often used for emphasis to highlight that something is not merely similar, but exactly the same as something else.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Selfsameadjective

   precisely the same; the very same; identical

2. Etymology: [Self, a. + same.]

Anagrams for selfsame »

1. fameless

How to pronounce selfsame?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of selfsame in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of selfsame in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of selfsame in a Sentence

1. Simon Pokagon:

   Shall not one line lament our forest race, Struck out for you from wild creation's face Freedom-the selfsame freedom you adore-Bade us defend our violated shore.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Tell them dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,Then beauty is its own excuse for beingWhy thou wert there, O rival of the roseI never sought to ask, I never knewBut, in my simple ignorance supposeThe selfsame power that brought me there brought you.

3. Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

   Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune all these are names of the one and selfsame God.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=selfsame
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Selfsame
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=selfsame
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selfsame