† ipse, pron. and n.
[L. ipse he himself, very.]
‖ 1. pron. Himself; truly himself; in his right mind.
| 1579 Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 106 Though Curio be olde huddle and twang, ipse, he. 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen (1809) 28 note, Our author could not be, ipse, he, when he wrote this! |
2. n. A slang name for a kind of ale, quasi ‘the very thing’.
| 1719 D'Urfey Pills IV. 106 The strongest Wine..Is nothing like t' our English Ale, That Liquor of Life, call'd Ipse. |