Recent Examples on the WebIn that long process of observation and recordkeeping, something else happened too: Eclipses helped compel humans to both develop and reveal our inmost capacity for a new and precise kind of reasoning that could be applied to the world.—Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2024 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.—Joan Frank, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023 In the whole inmost ward of my self, the beds are occupied by slow-moving remembrances like time-lapse flower novels.—Reginald Gibbons, New York Times, 24 June 2021 By Peshat, Remez, Drash, and finally by Sód—with that secret and inmost heart that looks at what the world can bear and be.—Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 13 Feb. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English innemest, superlative of inne, adverb, in, within, from in, adverb
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of inmost was
before the 12th century
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