fornenst

or for·nent

[ fer-nenst ]

preposition

, Midland U.S. and British Dialect.

1. next to; near to:

   They walked fornenst one another down the sidewalk.

2. against; facing; opposite.

fornenst

/ fɔːˈnɛnst /

preposition

1. dialect.
   situated against or facing towards

Word History and Origins

Origin of fornenst¹

from Scottish, from fore ¹+ anenst a variant of archaic anent

Example Sentences

What do you think he seen fornenst him, sitting at the other side of the fire, but Father Dwyer himself.

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Fornent, fornenst, forenenst; opposite: he and I sat fornenst each other in the carriage.

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I will show that are proposition is unconstitutionable, inlegal, and fornenst the compact.

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When he came (as he would have said) "ebbn fornenst" Robbie lying at the roadside, he jumped down from his seat.

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P'raps thim tracks there was made fornenst the night, and that it's ourselves that was not here first.

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