innermost

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   situated or occurring farthest within

   the innermost chamber

2. 2
   adj

   being deepest within the self

   one's innermost feelings

3. 3
   adj

   superlative form of inner: most inner; the very deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part.

   She poured her innermost feelings into her journal.

4. 4
   noun

   That which is innermost; the core.

   […] 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.

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.