Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective & adverb Enough.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A dialectal or obsolete form of enough.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • Archaic A form of enough.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective archaic enough
  • adverb archaic enough

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, variant of enogh; see enough.]

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From Middle English, from inow ("alongside"), ynough ("enough"), from Old English genōg (cognate with Dutch genoeg, German genug, both 'enough')

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Examples

  • But since Fitzgerald has coined enow for the sake of a rhyme, the Editor hopes that he will be forgiven his forgiviness.

    The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr. Wallace Irwin 1917

  • “You will have calls enow upon your generosity, never fear,” returned Miss Pynsynt: “such extravagance cannot be supported but by the ruin of a whole family.”

    Things By Their Right Names 1812

  • A quick look in a decent dictionary revealed that "enow" meant enough.

    UUpdates - All updates 2010

  • Some of ther really cute stuff is gom enow because they dont have roon in the store

    Twilight Lexicon » More Places to Spend Your Twilight Dollars 2009

  • I got the impression from Bush's speech he was hinting at Carter, not whimpy Obama. cry, cry, cry ....... enow

    Clinton takes on TV pundits at distillery stop in Kentucky 2008

  • But we be knowing right enow that a man can go in a good few leagues and gather roots and berries and other fruit and come out safe.

    Enjoyment 2010

  • "Ya, lady, cave keeps it right cool all summer, stops the wind good enow in the winter."

    Enjoyment 2010

  • There are armed men enow to countervail all your efforts at escape.

    The Monastery 2008

  • Stories enow of much the same cast will present themselves to the recollection of such of my readers as have ever dabbled in a species of lore to which I certainly gave more hours, at one period of my life, than

    My Aunt Margaret's Mirror 2008

  • Stories enow of much the same cast will present themselves to the recollection of such of my readers as have ever dabbled in a species of lore to which I certainly gave more hours, at one period of my life, than

    My Aunt Margaret's Mirror 2008

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  • Enough.

    December 9, 2007

  • In what is hopefully not fitting at all, this was listed as my 1000th word.

    October 31, 2009

  • Not enow. Keep listing Milos!

    October 31, 2009

  • It's enow or enever, Milo.

    October 31, 2009