inmost

[in-mohst or, esp. British, -muh st]

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adjective

situated farthest within: the inmost recesses of the forest.

most intimate or secret: one's inmost thoughts.

Origin of inmost

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

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Related Words for inmost

deepest, inner, innermost, interior, personal, private, secret

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Historical Examples of inmost

But she felt in her inmost heart that it did prove a good deal.
Quaint Courtships
Various
I could only thank God, in my inmost heart, for all his mercies.
Ned Myers
James Fenimore Cooper
Brooding, sad and deep, seemed to me to hold his inmost mind.
A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II
Mrs. Humphry Ward
Miss Bartram's inmost life, as a woman, was no longer the same.
Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home
Bayard Taylor
I have the fragrance of incense in the inmost parts of my being.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for inmost

inmost

adjective

another word for innermost

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Word Origin and History for inmost

adj.

Old English innemest; see in + -most.