fornigh
fornigh · more fornigh · most fornigh
Very nearVery near
Meaning
2 senses(dialectal)Very near
(dialectal)Very nearly; almost.
It'll be fornigh ten 'ear sin then'
Origin
From Middle English forneh, forneah, from Old English fornēah (“very nearly, almost, aboutFrom 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”.
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Forms
more fornigh, most fornigh| Comparative | more fornigh Lesson |
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| Superlative | most fornigh |
regular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form