enow

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ynowe, strong plural and weak form of ynogh (“enough”); see enough for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪˈnaʊ/, /əˈnaʊ/

Determiner

enow

  1. Archaic form of enough.
    • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 83–84:
      How irksome, how wearying, to be doomed always to the society of those who are like people speaking different languages! It resembles travelling through the East, with a few phrases of lingua franca—just enough for the ordinary purposes of life—enow of words to communicate a want, but not to communicate a thought!
Usage notes
  • While and where enow was a living part of the language, its use was often restricted to plural nouns; elsewhere enough was used.

Adverb

enow (not comparable)

  1. Archaic form of enough.

Etymology 2

Contraction of even now.

Adverb

enow (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Just now.
  2. (archaic, Scotland) Soon.

Anagrams
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