enow

American  

[ih-nou, ih-noh] / ɪˈnaʊ, ɪˈnoʊ /

adjective

Archaic.

1. enough.

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enow British  

/ ɪˈnaʊ /

adjective

1. an archaic word for enough

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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

It certainly does not have enow dancing or enow music.

From Time Magazine Archive

E'ry twig, apple big; E'ry bough, apple enow.

From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)

Ador.There is a silentness That answers thee enow, That, like a brazen sound Excluding others, doth ensheathe us round,— Hear it.

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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 Marshall, Bernard Gay

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