inmost
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.02 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
superlative form of inner: most inner; the very deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part.
noun
That which is inmost; the core.
Example Sentences
- "Courtenaye was at once carried out of himself; he caught the fire of the actor; the splendid voice, the noble gesture, and the exalted sentiment, aided by the pomp of the verse, mastered his inmost soul."
- "Virginia Carteret was finding it a new and singular experience to have a man tell her baldly at their first meeting that he had read her inmost thought of him."
- "It was as though she were attempting to read my inmost soul, […]"
Etymology
From Middle English inmost, from Old English innemest, a double superlative form from inne (“within”), from in (“in”). The modern form is due to confusion with most.