Selfsame (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The detective found the selfsame piece of torn fabric at both crime scenes.
- She quoted the selfsame phrase her grandmother used to say to her.
- The selfsame problem that plagued the company last year has resurfaced.
- The tourists visited the selfsame castle that had been in their family for generations.
- The artist used the selfsame colors and brushes as the famous painter who inspired her.