inmost

[ in-mohstor, especially British, -muhst ]

adjective

1. situated farthest within:

   the inmost recesses of the forest.

2. most intimate or secret:

   one's inmost thoughts.

inmost

/ ˈɪnˌməʊst /

adjective

1. another word for innermost

Word History and Origins

Origin of inmost¹

before 900; Middle English ( in- ¹, -most ); replacing inmest, Old English innemest, equivalent to inne- within + -mest -most

Example Sentences

Mr. Williams cited Psalm 139:13-14, which begins: “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”

From Washington Times

Wallace slowly unravels the fascinating — and ultimately tragic — story of a man who, though very close to Wallace, somehow kept his inmost self hidden in plain sight.

From Washington Post

Pandas do not seem a particularly confiding species and seem to share their inmost thoughts and feelings with few.

From Washington Post

She said the firm's partners, Lithuania-based Hidden Layer Games, which made the game Inmost, is "a two-man team from Ukraine and Russia".

From BBC

Next day Amy was rather late at school, but could not resist the temptation of displaying, with pardonable pride, a moist brown-paper parcel, before she consigned it to the inmost recesses of her desk.

From Literature