In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SELFSAME
identical, selfsame, very
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
selfsame (not comparable)
Precisely the same; the very same; identical.
Synonyms: identical, same
Antonyms: different, other
Anagrams
• alms-fees, fameless
Source: Wiktionary
Self"same, a. Etym: [Self, a. + same.]
Definition: Precisely the same; the very same; identical. His servant was healed in the selfsame hour. Matt. viii. 13.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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