overfew

adj, pron — 2 senses

adj

Etymology over- + few

Archaic, Rare Too few; not enough.

[…] Against thyself, thyself far overfew / To front yon multitudes of rebel scheming?1877, Sidney Lanier, Poems, page 56:

pron

Etymology over- + few

Archaic, Rare Too few; not enough.

"There were," said Sir James Melville, "overfew to comfort her."2022, Charles Williams, James I:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.