fornenst

or for·nent

[ fer-nenst ]

prepositionMidland 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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British Dictionary definitions for fornenst

fornenst

/ (fɔːˈnɛnst) /


preposition
  1. Scot and Northeast English dialect situated against or facing towards

Origin of fornenst

1
from Scottish, from fore 1 + anenst a variant of archaic anent

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