forenenst

English

Etymology

See fore and anent.

Preposition

forenenst

  1. (dialect, Ulster) Over against; opposite to.
    The land forenenst the Greekish shore. — Fairfax.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Last modified on 19 January 2013, at 23:37