1. selfsame - Noun
2. selfsame - Adjective
3. selfsame - Adjective Satellite
Precisely the same; the very same; identical.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOut of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few -- the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of blood in the war. The general public shoulders the bill. Smedley Butler
The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower. Metastasio
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring. George Borrow
And the entity laughed at those who were crippled in the arena and lo! That selfsame thing returns to you!( Many Mansions, Chapter 5 – Karma of mockery. ) Edgar Cayce
One ship drives east and another drives west; With the selfsame winds that flow.'Tis the set of sails and not the gales; Which tells us the way to go. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God. Seneca