Ipsissima Verba Definition
ĭp-sĭsə-mə vûrbə
noun
The very words, as of a quote.
American Heritage
The very words (of a person being quoted)
Webster's New World
phrase
The actual words (spoken or transcribed).
"The record in the magistrate's court does not purport to reproduce the ipsissima verba of the witness; it does not give questions and answers in the exact words in which the question was put and the answer made; it, at best, gives no more than a summary...." Engelbrecht v Nieuwoudt 1941 CPD 54 at 55.
Wiktionary
Origin of Ipsissima Verba
New Latin Latin ipsissima the very neuter pl. superlative of ipse self Latin verba pl. of verbum word
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Latin The very words.
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