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anenst

anenst preposition: over against.

Preposition

anenst

  1. (Scotland, UK, obsolete) Over against.
    • He lives anenst the church.
    • He shall have a bel, that's Abel; / And by it standing one whose name is Dee, / In a rug gown, there's D, and Rug, that's drug: / And right anenst him a dog snarling er, / There's Drugger, Abel Drugger. That's his sign. / And here's now mystery and hieroglyphic!c. 1610, Ben Jonson, “The Alchemist”, in William Gifford, editor, The Works of Ben Jonson, volume 4, published 1816, page 88
  2. (Scotland, UK, obsolete) About; concerning; anent.
    • He said nothing anenst this particular.

Questions about anenst

What does anenst mean?
Anenst means over against.
What part of speech is anenst?
Anenst is a preposition.

Words near anenst in the dictionary

  1. anencephaly
  2. anend
  3. anendophasia
  4. Anenii Noi
  5. anenome
  6. anenst
  7. anent
  8. anenterous
  9. anenthemonean
  10. anenthemoneans
  11. anentropic

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