FromMiddle Englishynowe, strong plural and weak form ofynogh(“enough”); seeenough for more.

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈnaʊ/,/əˈnaʊ/

enow

1. Archaic form ofenough.
   • 1831,L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon],Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London:Henry Colburn andRichard Bentley, […],→OCLC,pages83–84:

     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 oflingua franca—just enough for the ordinary purposes of life—enow of words to communicate a want, but not to communicate a thought!

• While and whereenow was a living part of the language, its use was often restricted to plural nouns; elsewhereenough was used.

enow (notcomparable)

1. Archaic form ofenough.

Contraction ofevennow.

enow (notcomparable)

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

• Owen,owne,wone

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