enow

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/ɪˈnaʊ//əˈnaʊ/

adverb

Just now.

OriginMiddle English ynowe →
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Meanings

enow1

determiner
  1. archaicArchaic form of enough.
    1 more example

    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!

    1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 83–84
adverbenow (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableArchaic form of enough.

enow2

adverbenow (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableJust now.
  2. Scotlandarchaicnot comparableSoon.

Origin

enow · determiner, adverb

  1. Middle Englishynowe
  2. Englishenow

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

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enow · adverb

Contraction of even now.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Owenwone
Cite this entry
APA

enow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enow

MLA

“enow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enow. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enow.

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