INTERIOR

I. adjective Etymology: Middle French & Latin; Middle French ~e, from Latin, comparative of Old Latin *interus inward, on the inside; akin to Latin inter Date: 15th century lying, occurring, or functioning within the limiting boundaries ; inner , belonging to mental or spiritual life , belonging to the inner constitution or concealed nature of something , lying away or remote from the border or shore, ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 1596 the inner or spiritual nature ; character , the ~ part (as of a country or island), the internal or inner part of a thing ; inside , the internal affairs of a state or nation, a representation (as in a play or movie) of the ~ of a building