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

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

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

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 by Various

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

"Sorra betther bottle ov wine's betuxt this and Salamanca, nor there's fornenst you on the table; it's raal Lachrymachrystal, every spudh ov it."

From Stories of Comedy by Johnson, Rossiter