selfsame

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Alternative forms

• self-same

Etymology

From Middle English selfsame, from earlier selve same, equivalent to self +‎ same or self- +‎ same. Compare Old High German selbsama (“selfsame, identical”), Danish selvsamme (“selfsame, identical”), English selfsome. More at self, same.

Adjective

selfsame (not comparable)

1. Precisely the same; the very same; identical.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Translations

selfsame.

• Dutch: identieke (nl),dezelfde (nl)
• French: identique (fr),le même (fr)

• German: derselbe (de) m, dieselbe (de) f, dasselbe (de) n
• Russian: самый (ru) (samyj) m

Synonyms

• same
• identical

Antonyms

• different
• other

Derived terms

• selfsameness

External links

• selfsame in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• selfsame in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• fameless