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Inmost

Definition: Inmost

Inmost

Adjective

1. 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)

 

Specialty Definition: Inmost

DomainDefinition

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: Inmost

Synonym: innermost (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Inmost

ContextSynonyms 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.

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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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Commercial Usage: Inmost

DomainTitle

Books

  • Die Wirklichkeit, eine Herausforderung : von der Oberfläche zum innersten Wesen der Dinge = Reality, a challenge : from the surface to the inmost essence of things (reference)

  • In the Inmost Hour of the Soul (Vox Humana) (reference)

  • Inmost Heart : 800 Years of Women's Letters (reference)

  • The Great God Pan and the Inmost Light (reference)

  • The Inmost Leaf: A Selection of Essays (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Use in Literature: Inmost

TitleAuthorQuote

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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Usage Frequency: Inmost

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%1687,710

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Inmost

Expressions using "inmost": inmost nature inmost soul to the inmost core. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Inmost

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dream inmost

17

dreams.com inmost

8
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Modern Translation: Inmost

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.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Inmost

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

imaasia, imus, intima, intimus. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Inmost

LanguageDateSourceJeremiah Chapter 25, Verse 32
Latin405VulgateHaec dicit Dominus exercituum ecce adflictio egredietur de gente in gentem et turbo magnus egredietur a summitatibus terrae
Middle English1395WyclifThese 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 English1611King JamesThus 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 English1833WebsterThus 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 English1964OgdenThis 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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Matched Bible Translations: Inmost

LanguageJeremiah Chapter 25, Verse 32
CebuanoMao 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.
DanishThi så siger Hærskarers HERRE: Se, Ulykken går fra det ene Folk til det andet, et vældigt Vejr bryder løs fra Jordens Rand.
DutchZo 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.
FinnishNäin sanoo Herra Sebaot: Katso, onnettomuus kulkee kansasta kansaan, ja suuri myrsky nousee maan perimmäisistä ääristä.
FrenchAinsi parle l`Éternel des armées: Voici, la calamité va de nation en nation, Et une grande tempête s`élève des extrémités de la terre.
GermanSo 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-hariTUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata, "Dari ujung-ujung bumi angin ribut menggemuruh; bencana menimpa bangsa-bangsa satu demi satu."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDan 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.
ItalianDice il Signore degli eserciti: Ecco, la sventura passa di nazione in nazione, un grande turbine si alza dall'estremit della terra.
MaoriKo 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.
NorwegianSå sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Se, ulykke går ut fra folk til folk, og en svær storm reiser sig fra jordens ytterste ende.
PortugueseAssim 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.
RussianфБЛ ЗПЧПТЙФ зПУ П"Ш уБЧБПЖ: ЧПФ, 'Е"УФЧЙЕ ПК"ЕФ ПФ ОБТП"Б Л ОБТП"Х, Й 'ПМШЫПК ЧЙИТШ П"ОЙНЕФУС ПФ ЛТБЕЧ ЪЕНМЙ.
SwedishSå 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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Inmost

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).

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Anagrams: Inmost

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Translations: Ancient
11. Bible Trace
12. Derivations
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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