单词 | inmost |
释义 | inmostadj.n.adv. A. adj. 1. literal. In reference to spatial position: Situated farthest within, most inward, most remote from the outside. ΚΠ a1400 Cast. Love 809 Bote þe inemaste [v.r. innemeste] bayle, I wot, Bi-tokneþ hire holy maidenhod. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings ix. 2 Brynge him in to the ynmost chamber. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. ix. 54 Ye walles of the ynmost Sanctuary. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 331 In the inmest parte of the castel. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 738 Into thir inmost bower Handed they went. View more context for this quotation 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. i. i. 4 To penetrate into the inmost Recesses of Nature. a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury xxxi, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 305 From the inmost depths of its green glen. 2. figurative. Of thoughts or feelings, the mind or soul, personal relations, etc.: Most inward or intimate; deepest; closest. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [adjective] inmostc897 inlyeOE mucha1200 deepa1400 inwardc1402 quickc1449 piercingc1450 sharpc1480 profound1526 feeling1531 visceral1575 infelta1586 hearty?1614 hearteda1616 home-felt1637 exquisitea1656 deep-rooted1669 intimate1671 exalted1704 bosom-felt1771 pathologic1891 bone deep1900 the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adjective] > in or relating to the inner part(s) > inmost inmostc897 innerestc1175 innermost1413 innesta1425 enderest1530 intimous1619 inwardmost1651 penitissim1652 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > privacy > [adjective] > innermost inmostc897 innerc900 privyc1300 intrinsic1490 interior1548 intrinsical1548 inward1548 secret1548 retired1596 in-pent1613 bosom1640 sneaking1748 interior1775 inside1888 c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxi. (Sweet) 155 Ealle ða innemestan geðohtas. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ii. iv. 64 Irauyschite to þe inmest [1495 de Worde innest] contemplacioun of þe loue of God. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke viii. N vj In the inmoste affeccion of their hertes. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 168 If I fail not, and disturb His inmost counsels from their destind aim. View more context for this quotation 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India III. vi. i. 2 [He] insinuated himself quickly into his inmost confidence. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 116 To know something of his Master's inmost thoughts. B. n. That which is inmost; the inmost part. literal and figurative. (Rarely in plural.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [noun] > that which is within > interior part(s) > innermost part inmosta1050 highestlOE depth1382 intestinea1533 bottom1587 penetral1589 deep1609 recess1616 recessora1637 intime1657 intrinsic1665 penetralia1668 innermost1674 a1050 Liber Scintill. (1889) iv. 19 Innemyste [L. interiora] his fulle synd facne. a1325 Prose Psalter (E.E.T.S.) xlii[i]. 5 In þe in-mast of myn hert. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxvi. 22 Thei comen thurȝ to the inmostis [a1425 L.V. the ynneste thingis] of the herte. c1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxvi. ii Yea, sound my reynes, and inmost of my hart. 1638 J. Ford Fancies ii. 22 Be sure To lodge it in the inmost of thy bosome. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues i. 505 The inmost of the mind. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 175 This image and superscription lies in the inmost inmost of the soul. C. adv. Most inwardly. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adverb] > most inwardly inmost1725 inmostly1851 innermostly1856 c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) xxxviii. 240 Intime, innemest. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 470 Thro' all their inmost-winding caves. Derivatives ˈinmostly adv. rare most inwardly. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adverb] > most inwardly inmost1725 inmostly1851 innermostly1856 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > privacy > [adverb] > to oneself inwardlyc1175 at one's secret1474 inmostly1851 1851 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns 76 How the Virgin Mother's soul Inmostly was grieving. 1889 Universal Rev. Mar. 314 All secrets of Earth They shall inmostly scan. ˈinmostness n. the inmost essence or nature (cf. inwardness n.).Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 34 Thoughtsomness setting full as close to the very stamp or inmostness of a thinking Being. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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