forenenst

English

Alternative forms

• fornenst
• fornent
• forninst

Etymology

See fore and anent.

Preposition

forenenst

1. (dialect) Over against; opposite to.
   • 1600, Fairfax (translator), 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