Meanings
preposition
alternative fornint
- alternativeAlternative form of forenenst.
"So I laid down my knittin', an' got up, an' stole ovir to the banes, an' nivir believe me iv I didn't see, sittin' right forenint me, in the very middle of thim, a bit of an ould man, not a quarther so big as a new-born child, wid a little cocked hat an his head[.]"
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 378
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forenint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forenint
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