fornenst

American  

[fer-nenst] / fərˈnɛnst /

Or fornent

preposition

Midland U.S. and British Dialect.

1. next to; near to.

   They walked fornenst one another down the sidewalk.

2. against; facing; opposite.

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fornenst British  

/ fɔːˈnɛnst /

preposition

1. dialect situated against or facing towards

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Etymology

Origin of fornenst

from Scottish, from _fore ¹ + anenst a variant of archaic _anent

Example Sentences

"The land fornenst the Greekish shore he held."

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances

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

“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

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

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

From The Lost Trail by Ellis, Edward Sylvester