ipsimus

== Latin == === Etymology === Contraction of earlier ipsissimus, from ipse + -issimus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪp.sɪ.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈip.si.mus] === Pronoun === ipsimus (feminine ipsima, neuter ipsimum); first/second-declension adjective (emphatic, nonstandard) superlative degree of ipse; the very same ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== *metipsimus === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ĭpse, -a”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 808