innermost
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈɪnɚmoʊst/
adj
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.
- superlative form of inner: most inner; the very deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part.
“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.”
noun
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.
- That which is innermost; the core.
“[…] he had decided to not seek outside of himself where companionship and friendliness might be a soothing submergence. It seemed he had instead chosen to turn deeply inwards, towards the measures and pains of his wracked innermosts.”