one and the same

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Etymology

Possibly a calque of Latin unus et idem.

Definitions

  1. The selfsame. Used to emphasize the identity or equivalence of two things.

    • It's almost as if there's one electron in two places at one and the same time.
  2. The selfsame person or thing. Used to emphasize the identity or equivalence of two things.

    • Are the beautiful and the good one and the same?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for one and the same. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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