innermost en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɪnɚmoʊst/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English innermost, innermest, in-nermast, alteration (due to Middle English inner, innere (“inner”)) of Old English innemest (“innermost”), equivalent to inner + -most.
Meanings
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(form-of, superlative) superlative form of inner: most inner; the very deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part.
form of inner
She poured her innermost feelings into her journal.
Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.
2013 June 7, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama is like Apple, Google and Facebook: a once hip brand tainted by Prism”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2022, page 18:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| inmost | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
innermostness · innermost stable circular orbit · innermostly
Translations (10)
nb innerst (farthest inside or towards the center or middle) · sv innerst (farthest inside or towards the center or middle) · fr tréfonds (farthest inside or towards the center or middle) · nl binnenst (farthest inside or towards the center or middle) · eo plej interna (farthest inside or towards the center or middle) · grc ἐσώτατος (farthest inside or towards the center or middle) · cs nejvnitřnější (farthest inside or towards the center or middle) · fi sisin (farthest inside or towards the center or middle) · fi sisimmäinen (farthest inside or towards the center or middle) · la intimus (farthest inside or towards the center or middle)