ipsissima verba

English

Etymology

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

Phrase

ipsissima verba

1. The actual words (spoken or transcribed).
   • 1941, Engelbrecht v Nieuwoudt | CPD 54 at 55:

     "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...."

References

• “ipsissima verba”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.