fornenst
or for·nent
next to; near to: They walked fornenst one another down the sidewalk.
against; facing; opposite.
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How to use fornenst in a sentence
Then he comes and sits fornent the boy, let down one of his ears, and cocked up the other, and gave a grin.
The Irish Fairy Book | VariousPoor Mary lies on Shupanga brae, "and beeks fornent the sun."
Fornent, fornenst, forenenst; opposite: he and I sat fornenst each other in the carriage.
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceWell, I laid the gun upon the dresser, drew a stool, an' sits down fornent the miser.
Sure enough, on looking round, there was the kelpie stan'in in what they ca' a fause ford, just fornent the auld kirk.
British Dictionary definitions for fornenst
/ (fɔːˈnɛnst) /
Scot and Northeast English dialect situated against or facing towards
Origin of fornenst
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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