anenst

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
6

Definition of anenst

2 senses · 1 part of speech

prep

  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!”
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prep

  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!”
  2. (Scotland, UK, obsolete)About; concerning; anent.
    “He said nothing anenst this particular.”

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