fornigh

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释义与例句

adv.
  1. 1.

    Very near

    方言
  2. 2.

    Very nearly; almost.

    方言

    It'll be fornigh ten 'ear sin then'

词源

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”.

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