inner
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: non-rhotic
ipa: /ˈɪnə/
note: rhotic
ipa: /ˈɪnɚ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɪnnə(r)/
rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: innermore
form: inmore
form: innermost
form: inmost
Etymology: From Middle English inner, ynner, ynnere, from Old English innera, comparative of inne (“within”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en.
Senses: examples: text: inner door; inner room; inner sanctum; inner surface
text: As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.
ref: 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:
glosses: Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
examples: text: the inner suburbs
glosses: Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.
examples: text: inner ear
glosses: Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
examples: text: inner confidence; inner strength; inner life; inner child; inner artist; inner peace; inner light
text: I will try to express. My inner feeling and thankfulness. For showing me the meaning of success
ref: 1973, John Lennon, Out the Blue:
text: Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!”
ref: 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2012:
glosses: Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup.
examples: text: inner meaning; inner resources; inner logic
glosses: Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure; innermost or essential; needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.
examples: text: inner circle; inner council
text: Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
glosses: Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence.
Synonyms: interior
internal
Derived terms: become one with one's inner self
inner automorphism
inner bar
innerbelt
inner cabinet
inner cell mass
inner child
inner chimp
inner circle
inner-city
inner city
inner class
inner core
inner critic
inner diameter
inner-directed
inner ear
inner emigration
inner experience
inner eye
inner join
inner lips
innerly
inner man
inner marker
inner mission
innerness
innernet
inner Oort Cloud
inner orbital complex
inner peace
inner planet
inner-platform effect
inner product
inner product space
inner regular
inner salt
inner sanctum
inner semidirect product
inner Solar System
innersole
InnerSource
inner source
innerspring
innerstanding
inner strength
inner trigram
inner tube
innertube
inner voice
innerwear
innerweb
Inner West
inner workings
Petersson inner product