forenenst

English

Alternative forms

fornenst
fornent
forninst

Etymology

See fore and anent.

Preposition

forenenst

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

References

forenenst in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

fenestron

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