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Definition: Inmost |
InmostAdjective1. Being deepest within the self; "one's innermost feelings". 2. Situated or occurring farthest within; "the innermost chamber". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "inmost" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Inmost \In"most`\, adjective. [from Old English expression innemest, Anglo-Saxon innemest, double superlative form from inne within, from in in. The modern form is due to confusion with most. See In, and compare to Aftermost, Foremost, Innermost.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Being at a point, place, or position farthest from the exterior; deepest within; innermost; such as, the inmost depths of a mine. (references) |
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Synonym: InmostSynonym: innermost (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affections | Soul, heart, breast, bosom, inner man; heart's core, heart's strings, heart's blood; heart of hearts, bottom of one's heart, penetralia mentis; secret and inmost recesses of the heart, inmost heart, inmost soul; backbone. |
Existence | Center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle. |
Interiority | Adjective: interior, internal; inner, inside, inward, intraregarding; inmost, innermost; deep seated, gut; intestine, intestinal; inland; subcutaneous; abdominal, coeliac, endomorphic;Adjective: interior, internal; inner, inside, inward, intraregarding; inmost, innermost; deep seated, gut; intestine, intestinal; inland; subcutaneous; abdominal, coeliac, endomorphic; interstitial; (interjacent); inwrought; (intrinsic); inclosed; Verb: |
Sensibility | Adverb: sensibly; adj; to the quick, to the inmost core. |
Thought | Abstract thought, abstraction contemplation, musing; brown study; (inattention); reverie, Platonism; depth of thought, workings of the mind, thoughts, inmost thoughts; self-counsel self-communing, self-consultation; philosophy of the Absolute, philosophy of the Academy, philosophy of the Garden, philosophy of the lyceum, philosophy of the Porch. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Inmost |
| English words defined with "inmost": After one's own heart, At heart. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "inmost": roof shale. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "inmost": innermost. (references) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The chain that bound her here was of iron links, and galling to her inmost soul, but could never be broken |
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| "Inmost" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Inmost" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "inmost": inmost nature ♦ inmost soul ♦ to the inmost core. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dream inmost | 17 |
dreams.com inmost | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "inmost"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | më intim (innermost), më i thellë (innermost). (various references) | |
Arabic | سري (clandestine, classified, close, closet, confidential, covert, cryptic, discreet, furtive, hugger mugger, hush hush, low key, mysterious, mystic, occult, off the record, private, privy, sacramental, secret, slinking, stealthy, subterranean, surreptitious, umbilical, undercover, underground, underhand), أعمق, داخل القلب. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съкровен (inner, innermost, intimate), най-вътрешен (innermost), най-отдалечен (extreme, farthermost, farthest, innermost, outermost, utmost, uttermost), най-дълбок (innermost, nethermost), затънтен (godforsaken, innermost, obscure, out of the way, outlandish, outlying). (various references) | |
Chinese | 最内在 (innermost). (various references) | |
Czech | nejvnitřnìjší (innermost). (various references) | |
Farsi | میانی (Centric, Innermost, Meddle, Medial, Median, Mid), درونی (Esoteric, Indoor, Innate, Inner, Innermost, Interior, Internal, Inward, Pectoral, Subjective), باطنی (Inner, Internal, Intrinsic, Pectoral). (various references) | |
Finnish | sisin (innermost), sisimmäinen (innermost). (various references) | |
French | le plus secret, le plus profond. (various references) | |
German | innerste (deepest, heart, innermost, inward, soul), innerst (innermost, midmost). (various references) | |
Greek | ενδόμυχοσ (intimate, inward), ενδότεροσ (inner, interior), ενδότατοσ (innermost). (various references) | |
Hebrew | פ ימי ביותר, חשאי (clandestine, discreet, quiet, secret, silent, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, under cover, underhand). (various references) | |
Hungarian | legmélyebb (bottommost, nethermost), legbelsõ (innermost). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 胸臆 (one's inmost thoughts), 内心 (in the heart, inmost heart, innermost thoughts, one's mind, real intention). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ないし" (confidential report, in the heart, inmost heart, innermost thoughts, one's mind, pelvic examination, real intention, unofficial report), きょうおく (one's inmost thoughts). (various references) | |
Manx | sodjey stiagh (inner). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inmostay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | interno (colleger, in, indoor, in-house, inland, inner, inside, internal), secreto (arcane, backdoor, blind, classified, close, confidential, cryptic, deep, hole-and-corner, inner, occult, offscreen, private, privy, sealed, secret, secretive, sneaking, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, underhanded, under-the-table), particular (cabinet, closet, confidential, especial, individual, intimate, particular, peculiar, personal, private, privy, separate, special, specific, tete-a-tete), ntimo (indwelling, innermost). (various references) | |
Romanian | tainic (close, cover, covert, dark, hidden, inner, innermost, inside, intimate, isolated, mysterious, mysteriously, mystic, obscure, private, privy, quiet, secret, stealthy), cel mai adânc (deepmost, innermost). (various references) | |
Russian | сокровенный, глубочайший (innermost). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | najskriveniji, najpovučeniji. (various references) | |
Spanish | más recóndito, más presidiario, más íntimo (innermost). (various references) | |
Swedish | innerst (innermost). (various references) | |
Thai | สุ"ซึ้ง. (various references) | |
Turkish | en içteki (innermost), en gizli, en derin. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | найглибший (innermost), найпота"мніший. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trong thâm tâm (innermost, within), phần ở tận trong cùng (innermost), nơi tận trong cùng (innermost), ở tận trong cùng ở tận đáy lòng (innermost). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | imaasia, imus, intima, intimus. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Jeremiah Chapter 25, Verse 32 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Haec dicit Dominus exercituum ecce adflictio egredietur de gente in gentem et turbo magnus egredietur a summitatibus terrae |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, Lo! tormenting shal gon out fro folc in to folc, and a gret whirlewind shal gon out fro the ouermostus of erthe. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised from the borders of the earth. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, evil is going out from nation to nation, and a great storm will come up from the inmost parts of the earth. |
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| Language | Jeremiah Chapter 25, Verse 32 |
| Cebuano | Mao kini ang giingon ni Jehova sa mga panon: Ania karon, ang kadaut modangat sa nasud ngadto sa nasud, ug ang usa ka dakung bagyo pagapatuyboon gikan sa kinatumyan nga mga bahin sa yuta. |
| Danish | Thi så siger Hærskarers HERRE: Se, Ulykken går fra det ene Folk til det andet, et vældigt Vejr bryder løs fra Jordens Rand. |
| Dutch | Zo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen: Ziet, een kwaad gaat er uit van volk tot volk. en een groot onweder zal er verwekt worden van de zijden der aarde. |
| Finnish | Näin sanoo Herra Sebaot: Katso, onnettomuus kulkee kansasta kansaan, ja suuri myrsky nousee maan perimmäisistä ääristä. |
| French | Ainsi parle l`Éternel des armées: Voici, la calamité va de nation en nation, Et une grande tempête s`élève des extrémités de la terre. |
| German | So spricht der HERR Zebaoth: Siehe, es wird eine Plage kommen von einem Volk zum andern, und ein großes Wetter wird erweckt werden aus einem fernen Lande. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata, "Dari ujung-ujung bumi angin ribut menggemuruh; bencana menimpa bangsa-bangsa satu demi satu." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan lagi firman Tuhan semesta alam sekalian demikian: Bala itu akan langsung dari pada bangsa datang kepada bangsa; dan suatu tofan akan turun dari ujung bumi. |
| Italian | Dice il Signore degli eserciti: Ecco, la sventura passa di nazione in nazione, un grande turbine si alza dall'estremit della terra. |
| Maori | Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, Ka puta atu he kino i tetahi iwi ki tetahi iwi, a ka whakatututia he tukauati nui i nga pito rawa o te whenua. |
| Norwegian | Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Se, ulykke går ut fra folk til folk, og en svær storm reiser sig fra jordens ytterste ende. |
| Portuguese | Assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos: Eis que o mal passa de nação para nação, e grande tempestade se levantará dos confins da terra. |
| Rumanian | ,,Awa vorbewte Domnul owtirilor: ,Iatq, nenorocirea merge din popor kn popor, wi o mare furtunq se ridicq dela marginile pqmkntului. |
| Russian | фБЛ ЗПЧПТЙФ зПУ П"Ш уБЧБПЖ: ЧПФ, 'Е"УФЧЙЕ ПК"ЕФ ПФ ОБТП"Б Л ОБТП"Х, Й 'ПМШЫПК ЧЙИТШ П"ОЙНЕФУС ПФ ЛТБЕЧ ЪЕНМЙ. |
| Swedish | Så säger HERREN Sebaot: Se, en olycka går fram ifrån det ena folket till det andra, och ett stort oväder stiger upp från jordens yttersta ända. |
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Misspellings | |
"Inmost" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: enmest, iamos, imos, Imossi, Imotski, Imsoft, inmac, inmos, unmast. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: monist. | |
| Words within the letters "i-m-n-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: mints, moist, omits. | |
-2 letters: into, ions, mint, miso, mist, mons, most, mots, nims, nits, noms, omit, smit, snit, snot, tins, toms, tons. | |
-3 letters: ins, ion, ism, its, mis, mon, mos, mot, nim, nit, nom, nos, not, oms, ons, sim, sin, sit, som, son, sot, tin, tis, tom, ton. | |
-4 letters: in, is, it, mi, mo. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-m-n-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: gnomist, intombs, manitos, mestino, moisten, monists, motions, sentimo. | |
+2 letters: amniotes, amotions, antismog, centimos, demonist, dismount, emotions, gnomists, hindmost, maintops, manihots, manitous, mentions, mestinos, midtowns, misatone, miscount, mispoint, mitogens, moistens, monastic, monetise, monistic, monitors, monodist, mooniest, mutinous, nepotism, nomistic, pimentos, ptomains, saintdom, semitone, sentimos, simonist, stasimon, stomping, storming, symbiont, tampions, thymosin, tinamous, tokenism, tompions. | |
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