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innermost, a. and n.|ˈɪnəməʊst, -məst|
[f. inner a. (q.v.) + -most. Cf. hindermost.]
A. adj. Most or furthest within; inmost.
1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) i. xviii. (1859) 19 He knoweth the Innermost of thy thoughtes. 1555Eden Decades 352 Vppon the innermoste necke to the landewarde is a tufte of trees. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. (1848) 32 To pry into the innermost Recesses of mysterious Nature. 1754Richardson Grandison (1781) I. xxxvii. 265 No married woman shall I trust with what lies in the innermost fold of my heart. 1823Scott Quentin D. iii, The second inclosure..commanded by the third and innermost barrier. 1868J. T. Nettleship Ess. Browning i. 48 In the innermost holy of holies.
B. n. That which is innermost; the inmost part.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 67 From the innermost or centre to the selvedge. 1794Mathias Purs. Lit. (1798) 128 He passed at once to the innermost of the temple, without treading the vestibule. 1860Hawthorne Marb. Faun xxxvii. 286 The fire..will have gone into her innermost, and burnt her quite up. 1888E. Arnold With Sa'di in the Garden, Utterly wotting all their innermosts, For all to Him is visible.
Hence ˈinnermostly adv. rare.
1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh v. 676 His ebon cross worn innermostly. |