E*nough" (&esl;*nŭf"), a. [OE.
inoh, inow, enogh, AS. genōh,
genōg, a. & adv. (akin to OS. ginōg, D.
genoeg, OHG. ginoug, G. genug, Icel.
gnōgr, Sw. nog, Dan. nok, Goth.
ganōhs), fr. geneah it suffices (akin to Goth.
ganah); pref. ge- + a root akin to L. nancisci
to get, Skr. naç, Gr. 'enegkei^n to carry.]
Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want;
sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to
which it belongs.
How many hired servants of my father's have bread
enough and to spare!
Luke xv. 17.
E*nough", adv. 1.
In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction;
sufficiently.
2. Fully; quite; -- used to express slight
augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to
very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the
offer.
I know you well enough; you are Signior
Antonio.
Shak.
Thou knowest well enough . . . that this is no
time to lend money.
Shak.
3. In a tolerable degree; -- used to express
mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or
quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well
enough.
&fist; Enough usually follows the word it modifies.
E*nough", n. A sufficiency; a
quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal
to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of
himself. "Enough is as good as a feast."
And Esau said, I have enough, my
brother.
Gen. xxxiii. 9.
E*nough", interj. An exclamation
denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is
enough.
