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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I will show that are proposition is unconstitutionable, inlegal, and fornenst the compact.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 by Various
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
"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
Howandiver, I mustn't forget that we left his Riv'rence and his Holiness sitting fornenst one another in the parlor ov the Vatican, jist afther mixing their second tumbler.
From Stories of Comedy by Johnson, Rossiter
"You wouldn't do behind his back what you'd be afraid to do fornenst his face, would you?"
From The Foolish Lovers by Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer)
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