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ipsissima verba|ɪpˈsɪsɪmə ˈvɜːbə|
[L.]
The precise words used by a writer or speaker.
1807Southey Lett. (1856) II. 40 Last night I was in too much haste to look for the ipsissima verba of Fuller. 1834Edin. Rev. Apr. 151 We..shall, therefore,..treat the reader to our author's ipsissima verba. 1886Athenæum 13 Nov. 630/1 An assurance that the extracts contain the ipsissima verba of the poet would be..valuable. 1888W. James Let. 2 Jan. in R. B. Perry Tht. & Char. W. James (1935) I. 403 Your ipsissima verba of latest date were what I required. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 28 May 416/2 An undergraduate named Brauer,..who..seems to have taken down the ipsissima verba of Kant with almost impeccable accuracy. 1937Mind XLVI. 302 Mr. Paton's interpretations..where they exceed Kant's ipsissima verba..seem to be careful and reasonable. 1961A. Huxley Let. 21 Feb. (1969) 904 D. H. L[awrence]'s ipsissima verba are: ‘The hot stinging centrality of the goose on the cold shifting flux of mud and waters.’ 1972J. A. W. Bennett Piers Plowman p. ix, Some of my notes may retain vestiges of his ipsissima verba. |