anentとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /əˈnɛnt/
• 韻: -ɛnt

前置詞

anent

1. (now rare) Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as, apropos.

   Synonyms: apropos, as for; see also Thesaurus:about

   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

     Mr Bloom and Stephen entered the cabman’s shelter, an unpretentious wooden structure, where, prior to then, he had rarely, if ever, been before; the former having previously whispered to the latter a few hints anent the keeper of it […]

   • 1937, L. Ron Hubbard, letter to Russell Hays, quoted in Literary Correspondence: Letters and Journals, p. 101,

     I have just found out something with which to repay that very kind favor of yours anent the "lift" angle on stories.

   • 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 11, in Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC, part 1, page 53:

     The wings of the driver's Marlenesque nose shone, having shed or burned up their ration of powder, and she kept up an elegant monologue anent the local traffic, […]

   • 1984, New York Times:

     This question remains a vital consideration anent the debate over the possibility of limiting nuclear war to military objectives, […]

   • 2015, LT Wolf, The World King (fiction), →ISBN:

     The invasion of privacy anent banking and financial activities was mainly an outcome of the income tax and the Drug War

2. (obsolete) In the opinion or judgment of.
3. (obsolete) Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side.
   • 2005, R.T. Smith, “Ina Grove”, in The Virginia Quarterly Review, volume 81, number 4, page 230:

     […] if Painter did ever abide in the old bark mill said to be anent his brother's freehold.

4. (obsolete) In a line with; side by side with; on a level with.
   • 1865, William Stott Banks, Wakefield Words, page 4:

     ANENT, opposite. Usually "ovver-anent."

派生語

• thereanent
• whereanent

参照

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

アナグラム

• annet