self-same

• self same
• selfsame

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlf seɪɱ/

self-same (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of selfsame: very same; exactly the same.
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene i:

     In my schooldays, when I had lost one shaft,

     I shot his fellow of the self-same flight

     The self-same way with more advised watch,

     To find the other forth; and by adventuring both,

     I oft found both: I urge this childhood proof, […]

   • 1993, Robert Rankin, The Suburban Book of the Dead:

     But you can imagine my surprise when I angled said state-of-the-art bins to the street, watched the long black car as it rolled up and saw the self-same guy step out of it.

• identical

• alms-fees, fameless