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enough
- /ɪˈnʌf/ UK
- /ɪˈnʌf/ US
- /i-/ US
- /ə-/ US
- /əˈnɐf/ Australia
Rhymes with -ʌf
Where it comes from
From Middle English ynogh, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough”) (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German (ge)noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur), from *ganuganą 'to suffice' (compare Old English ġeneah), or from *ga- + an unattested *nōgaz, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) (compare Old Irish tánaic (“he arrived”), Latin nancisci (“to get”), Albanian kënaq (“to please, satisfy”)).
determiner enow · anough · aneuch · eneuch · eneugh · 'nough
- Used before a noun in the manner of words like some, a bit of, and so on. I've already had enough coffee today.
- Used after a noun. There is food enough for us all.
adverb enow · anough · aneuch · eneuch · eneugh · 'nough
- Sufficiently. Those pears aren't ripe enough for the children to eat (them).
- Fully; quite; used after adjectives to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very. He is ready enough to accept the offer.
- Used after certain adverbs to emphasise that a quality is notable, unexpected, etc. Talking of Mr Smith, funnily enough, I saw him just the other day.
pronoun enow · anough · aneuch · eneuch · eneugh · 'nough
- A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc. I have enough (of it) to keep me going.
interjection enough! · enow · anough · aneuch · eneuch · eneugh
- Stop! Don't do that any more! It is too much! Near-synonyms: please, cut it out, knock it off, shut up, STFU
noun enoughs · enow · anough · aneuch · eneuch · eneugh
- An instance of being sufficient, or of doing something sufficiently. And she was neither beautiful nor handsome, but just at the point halfway between which a girl of twenty-three reaches who inherits good features and healthful figure, and who has learned to dance well, ride well, study enough, golf enough, and has attained the thousand other "well and enoughs" whic
