innermost
/ˈɪnɚmoʊst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.83 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
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 innermost; the core.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "[…] 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."
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.
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɪnɚmoʊst/