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fornenst
or for·nent
[ fer-nenst ]
preposition
, Midland U.S. and British Dialect.
- next to; near to:
They walked fornenst one another down the sidewalk.
- against; facing; opposite.
fornenst
/ fɔːˈnɛnst /
preposition
- dialect.situated against or facing towards
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fornenst1
from Scottish, from fore 1+ anenst a variant of archaic anent
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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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