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

• Owen, owne, wone