Meanings
alternative inmost
- superlativesuperlative form of inner: most inner; the very deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part.
She poured her innermost feelings into her journal.
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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
plural innermosts · alternative inmost
- 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.
1977, Michael Spence Lowdell Morris, The Spirit of Michael Webfoot, page 10
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishinnemest“innermost”
- Middle Englishinnermost
- Englishinnermost
From Middle English innermost, innermest, in-nermast, alteration (due to Middle English inner, innere (“inner”)) of Old English innemest (“innermost”), equivalent to inner + -most.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἐσώτατος
- ἐσώτατος (esṓtatos)farthest inside or towards the center or middle
Czech nejvnitřnější
- nejvnitřnějšífarthest inside or towards the center or middle
Dutch binnenst
- binnenstfarthest inside or towards the center or middle
Esperanto plej interna
- plej internafarthest inside or towards the center or middle
Finnish sisin, sisimmäinen
- sisinfarthest inside or towards the center or middle
- sisimmäinenfarthest inside or towards the center or middle
French tréfonds
- tréfondsfarthest inside or towards the center or middle
Latin intimus
- intimusfarthest inside or towards the center or middle
Norwegian Bokmål innerst
- innerstfarthest inside or towards the center or middle
Swedish innerst
- innerstfarthest inside or towards the center or middle
Cite this entry
innermost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/innermost
“innermost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/innermost. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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