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enow

American  
[ih-nou, ih-noh] / ɪˈnaʊ, ɪˈnoʊ /

adjective

Archaic.
  1. enough.


enow British  
/ ɪˈnaʊ /

adjective

  1. an archaic word for enough

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

They were variously armed, as was to be expected with men who had been so abruptly summoned forth; but there were lances and steel caps enow and some had coats of mail.

From Cedric, the Forester by Bernard Gay Marshall

The stuff is safe enow," said he, "and all will share and share alike when the time comes.

From The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

Alweys ther was revel and wassail enow and to spare.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart

Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear Apples enow!

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle

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