Meaning & use
Enow
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An archaic form of "enough," used especially in older or poetic English.
See it in a sentence
"A jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou," the poem begins, with paradise enow beside him.
The old ballad promises "gold enow" to any knight who completes the quest.
A note on using this word
"Enow" was once the plural form of "enough" in Middle English and survived longest in poetry, notably in Edward FitzGerald's translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
Words with a similar meaning
enoughsufficient
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Words with an opposite meaning
insufficient
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