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
How couldst find time for soe much labor? for here hath been trouble enow and to spare.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear Apples enow!
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse
“Fear nothing on that score, Viviana,” replied Sir William, “I have already perplexities enow, without adding to them.”
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
"It be 'e, sure enow," muttered one of the men.
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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