inmost

American  

[in-mohst, -muhst] / ˈɪnˌmoʊst, -məst /

adjective

1. situated farthest within.

   the inmost recesses of the forest.

2. most intimate or secret.

   one's inmost thoughts.

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inmost British  

/ ˈɪnˌməʊst /

adjective

1. another word for innermost

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Etymology

Origin of inmost

before 900; Middle English ( in- ¹, -most ); replacing inmest, Old English innemest, equivalent to inne- within + -mest -most

Example Sentences

Mr. Williams cited Psalm 139:13-14, which begins: “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2023

Pandas do not seem a particularly confiding species and seem to share their inmost thoughts and feelings with few.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2022

These, then, are the collection’s core, jostling theses: that the life well lived is obedient to inmost impulses, but derives its deepest meaning from children.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2018

Only individuals can because it speaks to our inmost feelings and perceptions.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2015

Here and there was a cup or basin of polished bronze; and a goblet of plain silver was set by the Captain’s seat in the middle of the inmost table.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien