ipsissima verba

phrase

The actual words (spoken or transcribed).

OriginLatin ipsissima verba →
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Meanings

phrase
  1. 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...."

    1941, Engelbrecht v Nieuwoudt | CPD 54 at 55

Origin

  1. Latinipsissima verba“the very words”
  2. Englishipsissima verba

From Latin ipsissima verba (“the very words”).

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APA

ipsissima verba. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ipsissima%20verba

MLA

“ipsissima verba.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ipsissima%20verba. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ipsissima verba,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ipsissima%20verba.

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