different between innermost vs inmost

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n?mo?st/

Adjective

innermost (not comparable)

1. Farthest inside or towards the center or middle.

Antonyms

• outermost

Translations

Noun

innermost (plural innermosts)

1. That which is innermost; the core.
   • 1977, Michael Spence Lowdell Morris, The Spirit of Michael Webfoot (page 10)

     […] he had decided to not seek outside of himself where companionship and friendliness might be a soothing submergence. It seemed he had instead chosen to turn deeply inwards, towards the measures and pains of his wracked innermosts.

English

Etymology

From Middle English inmost, from Old English innemest, a double superlative form from inne (“within”), from in (“in”). The modern form is due to confusion with most.

Adjective

inmost (not comparable)

1. The very deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part; innermost

Translations

Noun

inmost (plural inmosts)

1. That which is innermost; the core.

References

• inmost in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• monist, omnist