fornenst

fornenst or for·nent [fer-nenst] Examples preposition Midland U.S. and British Dialect.

1. next to; near to: They walked fornenst one another down the sidewalk.
2. against; facing; opposite.

Examples from the Web for fornenst Historical Examples of fornenst

You wouldn’t do behind his back what you’d be afraid to do fornenst his face, would you?

The Foolish Lovers

St. John G. Ervine

And when the north is fornenst you, as you say, is the east on your right or your left hand?

Stories of Comedy

Various

Fornent, fornenst, forenenst; opposite: he and I sat fornenst each other in the carriage.

English As We Speak It in Ireland

P. W. Joyce

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

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918

Various

British Dictionary definitions for fornenst fornenst preposition

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

Word Origin for fornenst from Scottish, from fore 1 + anenst a variant of archaic anent