"innermost" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɪnɚmoʊst/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-innermost.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Middle English innermost, innermest, in-nermast, alteration (due to Middle English inner, innere (“inner”)) of Old English innemest (“innermost”), equivalent to inner + -most. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|innermost}} Middle English innermost, {{m|enm|innermest}} innermest, {{m|enm|in-nermast}} in-nermast, {{cog|enm|inner}} Middle English inner, {{m|enm|innere|t=inner}} innere (“inner”), {{inh|en|ang|innemest|t=innermost}} Old English innemest (“innermost”), {{suf|en|inner|most}} inner + -most Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} innermost (not comparable)
  1. Farthest inside or towards the center or middle. Tags: not-comparable Translations (farthest inside or towards the center or middle): ἐσώτατος (esṓtatos) (Ancient Greek), 隐秘 (yǐnmì) (Chinese Mandarin), nejvnitřnější (Czech), binnenst (Dutch), sisin (Finnish), sisimmäinen (Finnish), tréfonds [masculine, plural] (French), intimus (Latin), innerst (Norwegian Bokmål), innerst (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-innermost-en-adj-m16N9jHk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -most Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -most: 84 16

Noun

IPA: /ˈɪnɚmoʊst/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-innermost.wav [Southern-England] Forms: innermosts [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English innermost, innermest, in-nermast, alteration (due to Middle English inner, innere (“inner”)) of Old English innemest (“innermost”), equivalent to inner + -most. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|innermost}} Middle English innermost, {{m|enm|innermest}} innermest, {{m|enm|in-nermast}} in-nermast, {{cog|enm|inner}} Middle English inner, {{m|enm|innere|t=inner}} innere (“inner”), {{inh|en|ang|innemest|t=innermost}} Old English innemest (“innermost”), {{suf|en|inner|most}} inner + -most Head templates: {{en-noun}} innermost (plural innermosts)
  1. That which is innermost; the core.
    Sense id: en-innermost-en-noun-kRQz8PXe

Inflected forms

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