fornenst
Americanpreposition
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next to; near to.
They walked fornenst one another down the sidewalk.
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against; facing; opposite.
preposition
Etymology
Origin of fornenst
from Scottish, from fore 1 + anenst a variant of archaic anent
Example Sentences
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"You wouldn't do behind his back what you'd be afraid to do fornenst his face, would you?"
From The Foolish Lovers by Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer)
“It’s now you call me loud enough,” siz I, “ye wouldn’t shout that way when ye saw me rowlin’ like a tub in a mill-race the other day fornenst your faces.”
From Humours of Irish Life by Various
What do you think he seen fornenst him, sitting at the other side of the fire, but Father Dwyer himself.
From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Lever, Charles James
Then thur’s the knots to kum off o’ thet, though fornenst ’em thur’s bridles.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
Miss Kathleen bid me put you here fornenst the landskip, and then leave ye.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 by Various
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