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

"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

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

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

"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)