[in.te.ri.or] adj [MF & L; MF, fr. L, compar. of (assumed) OL interus inward, on the inside; akin to L inter] (15c) 1: lying, occurring, or functioning within the limiting boundaries: inner "an ~ point of a triangle"
2: belonging to mental or spiritual life "a simple ~ piety"
3: belonging to the inner constitution or concealed nature of something "~ meaning of a poem"
4: lying away or remote from the border or shore -- in.te.ri.or.ly adv
[2]interior n (1596) 1: the inner or spiritual nature: character
2: the interior part (as of a country or island)
3: the internal or inner part of a thing: inside
4: the internal affairs of a state or nation
5: a representation (as in a play or movie) of the interior of a building