Enow
adv, det ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Archaic form of enough. alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
- 2 Just now. archaic, not-comparable
- 3 Soon. Scotland, archaic, not-comparable
- 1 Archaic form of enough. alt-of, archaic
"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!"
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More examples"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!"
Etymology
From Middle English ynowe, strong plural and weak form of ynogh (“enough”); see enough for more.
Contraction of even now.
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