ferninst

F4E1R1N1I1N1S1T1

preposition

Against.

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Meanings

preposition
  1. USdialectalAgainst.

    But Fate, as he expressed it in the vernacular, was "ferninst him."

    1874, Ambrose Bierce, Cobwebs From an Empty Skull
    2 more examples

    Those pink-satin evening slippers simply lose all their display value when you stick those red-kid bed-slippers right up ferninst them that way.

    1917, Sinclair Lewis, The Innocents

    "It's right ferninst where yer afther stan'in, up the stairs on the corner of Granefield Coort--over there, bedad."

    1893, Edward Eggleston, Duffels
Cite this entry
APA

ferninst. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferninst

MLA

“ferninst.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferninst. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ferninst,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferninst.

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