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inmost, a. (n., adv.)|ˈɪnməʊst, -məst| Forms: 1 innemest, innemyst, 4 in-mast, in(n)emaste, 4, (6 Sc.) inmest, 5 ynmast, 6 ynmost, 4– inmost. [OE. innemest (f. *innem-a, -e + -est), a double superlative of inne in adv.; for the later history of the ending, usual in OE. advs. of place, see -most.] 1. lit. In reference to spatial position: Situated farthest within, most inward, most remote from the outside.
13..Cast. Love 809 Bote þe inemaste [v.r. innemeste] bayle, I wot, Bi-tokneþ hire holy maidenhod. 1535Coverdale 2 Kings ix. 2 Brynge him in to the ynmost chamber. ― 1 Macc. ix. 54 Y⊇ walles of the ynmost Sanctuary. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. x. 331 In the inmest parte of the castel. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 738 Into thir inmost bower Handed they went. 1713Derham Phys. Theol. 4 To penetrate into the inmost Recesses of Nature. a1822Shelley Hymn to Mercury xxxi, From the inmost depths of its green glen. 2. fig. Of thoughts or feelings, the mind or soul, personal relations, etc.: Most inward or intimate; deepest; closest.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. xxi. (Sweet) 155 Ealle ða innemestan ᵹeðohtas. 1398Trevisa Barth. De. P.R. ii. iv. (Add. MS. 27,944), I-rauyschite to þe inmest [ed. 1495 innest] contemplacioun of þe sone of god. 1548Udall Erasm. Par. Luke viii. N vj, In the inmoste affeccion of their hertes. 1667Milton P.L. i. 168 If I fail not and disturb His inmost counsels from their destind aim. 1818Jas. Mill Brit. India III. vi. i. 2 [He] insinuated himself quickly into his inmost confidence. 1882Farrar Early Chr. II. 116 To know something of his Master's inmost thoughts. B. absol. or as n. That which is inmost; the inmost part. lit. and fig. (Rarely in pl.)
a1050Liber Scintill. iv. (1889) 19 Innemyste [interiora] his fulle synd facne. a1325Prose Psalter (E.E.T.S.) xlii[i]. 5 In þe in-mast of myn hert. 1382Wyclif Prov. xxvi. 22 Thei comen thurȝ to the inmostis [1388 the ynneste thingis] of the herte. c1580Sidney Ps. xxvi. ii, Yea, sound my reynes, and inmost of my hart. 1638Ford Fancies ii. ii, Be sure To lodge it in the inmost of thy bosom. 1668H. More Div. Dial. i. 505 The inmost of the mind. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) I. 175 This image and superscription lies in the inmost inmost of the soul. C. adv. Most inwardly. rare.
c1000ælfric Gram. xxxviii. (Z.) 240 Intime, innemest. 1725Pope Odyss. ix. 470 Thro' all their inmost-winding caves. Hence ˈinmostly adv. (rare), most inwardly; ˈinmostness (nonce-wd.), the inmost essence or nature (cf. inwardness).
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 34 Thoughtsomness setting full as close to the very stamp or inmostness of a thinking Being. 1850Neale Med. Hymns (1867) 104 How the Virgin Mother's soul Inmostly was grieving. 1889Univ. Rev. Mar. 314 All secrets of Earth They shall inmostly scan. |