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self-same

self-same is the alternative form of selfsame.

Meaning of selfsame

Adjective

selfsame (not comparable)

  1. Chiefly preceded by the: precisely the same; the very same; the same not only in being similar but in being identical.
    • For both of you are Birds of ſelfe-ſame Feather.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

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Forms of self-same

plural (rare)self-sames

Questions about self-same

What is self-same the alternative form of?
Self-same is the alternative form of selfsame.

Words near self-same in the dictionary

  1. self-sacrificer
  2. self-sacrificers
  3. self-sacrifices
  4. self-sacrificing
  5. self-sacrificingly
  6. self-same
  7. self-sames
  8. self-satisfaction
  9. self-satisfied
  10. self-satisfying
  11. self-saucing

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