forenenst
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Preposition
forenenst
- (dialect) Over against; opposite to.
- 1600, Edward 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.
- “fornent”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.