eenamost

English

Etymology

Blend of e'en (even) + a'most (almost).

Adverb

eenamost (comparative more eenamost, superlative most eenamost)

  1. (dialectal) almost, nearly.
    • 1843, Ann Sophia Stephens, High Life in New York, page 7:
      I swanny if I ever felt so in my life ! I was so anxious about that long letter that I sent to them to get printed for you, that I was dreadful loth to go in, and eenamost made up my mind to turn about and make tracks for the sloop agin !

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