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innards (n.)

"entrails of an animal," 1825, innerds, dialectal variant of inwards "the bowels" (c. 1300); see inward. Compare inmeat "edible entrails of animals" (c. 1400); Old English innoð "entrails, stomach."

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inward (adj.)
Old English inweard "inmost; sincere; internal, intrinsic; deep," from Proto-Germanic *inwarth "inward" (source also of Old Norse innanverðr, Old High German inwart, Middle Dutch inwaert), from root of Old English inne "in" (see in (adv.)) + -weard (see -ward). As an adverb, Old English inneweard. As a noun in late Old English, "entrails, intestines."

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Definitions of innards

innards (n.)
internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity);
Synonyms: viscera / entrails
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inly

inmate

in-migration

inmost

inn

innards

innate

inner

innermost

innervate

innie

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