forenenst

English

Alternative forms

fornenst, fornent, forninst, foreninst

Etymology

See fore and anent.

Preposition

forenenst

(dialect) Over against; opposite to.
- 1600, Fairfax, transl., Jerusalem Delivered:
  The land forenenst the Greekish shore.

References

“forenenst”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

fenestron

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