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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

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It certainly does not have enow dancing or enow music.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even now it pleases my ear well enow if the three are not so arranged as to elude it.

From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Ambrose Bierce

"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 Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

You say right, too; when one does a service for William, there follow royal gifts enow.

From The Last of the Vikings by John Bowling

“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 William Harrison Ainsworth

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