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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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 Charles James Lever
An' there's St. Joseph over in the ward fornenst this, an' St. Elizabeth an' the Holy Mother above.
From North, South and over the Sea by M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell) Francis
"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 Edward Sylvester Ellis
"You wouldn't do behind his back what you'd be afraid to do fornenst his face, would you?"
From The Foolish Lovers by St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine
"And when the north is fornenst you, as you say, is the east on your right or your left hand?"
From Stories of Comedy by Rossiter Johnson
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