enow
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of enow
before 1050; Middle English inow, Old English genōg (variant of genōh enough ), conflated with Middle English inowe, Old English genōge, plural of genōg enough
Example Sentences
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It certainly does not have enow dancing or enow music.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And some brought dumples o' woo, And some brought flitches o' bacon, And kebbucks and cruppocks enow; But Jenny Muirhead brought a capon.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James
Denewulf was good enow as a husband when a swineherd, but few were the mancuses and pence that came our way.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
So difficult and grave is she turn'd now, Can any one for her be wise enow?
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
"The boat's safe enow, sir," exclaimed Cherry feebly, as he raised his hand to the salute with an effort.
From The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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