inmost

English

Etymology

From Middle English inmost, from Old English innemest, a double superlative form from inne (“within”), from in (“in”). The modern form is due to confusion with most.

Adjective

inmost (not comparable)

  1. The very deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part; innermost
    • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Gods of Mars‎, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
      It was as though she were attempting to read my inmost soul, …

Translations

Noun

inmost (plural inmosts)

  1. That which is innermost; the core.

References

  • inmost in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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