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fornigh

fornigh adverb: very near.

Adverb

fornigh (comparative more fornigh, superlative most fornigh)

  1. (dialectal) Very near
  2. (dialectal) Very nearly; almost.
    • It'll be fornigh ten 'ear sin then'

Forms of fornigh

comparativemore fornigh
superlativemost fornigh

Origin of fornigh

From Middle English forneh, forneah, from Old English fornēah (“very nearly, almost, about”), equivalent to for- + nigh. Compare similarly formed German beinah, Dutch bijna, both meaning “almost”.

Questions about fornigh

What does fornigh mean?
Fornigh means very near.
What part of speech is fornigh?
Fornigh is an adverb.

Words near fornigh in the dictionary

  1. forniceal
  2. fornices
  3. forniciform
  4. fornicology
  5. Fornigate
  6. fornigh
  7. forninst
  8. fornint
  9. forniphilia
  10. Fornis
  11. fornix

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