inmost

[ in-mohst or, esp. British, -muh st ]

/ ˈɪnˌmoʊst or, esp. British, -məst /

situated farthest within: the inmost recesses of the forest.

most intimate or secret: one's inmost thoughts.

Origin of inmost

before 900; Middle English (see in-¹, -most); replacing inmest, Old English innemest, equivalent to inne- within + -mest -most

inly, inlying, inmate, inmesh, inmigrant, inmost, inn, innage, innards, innate, innate immunity

In his inmost soul it was his inmost aspiration to be an agent for enthroning here on earth the equity of God.

Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; |Clark S. Beardslee
All that evening the old man listened to music that thrilled his inmost heart.

The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 |Various
When these had so done, they shut themselves up in the inmost rooms of their houses, and ate the corn they had gotten.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 |Various
After all she was his mother, and there must positively exist in her inmost self the power of understanding what he had done.

Sinister Street, vol. 1 |Compton Mackenzie

Do they look right down into your inmost thoughts—or do they see only as far as your liver?

Mrs. Red Pepper |Grace S. Richmond

inmost

/ (ˈɪnˌməʊst) /

another word for innermost