ENOUGHS
ENOUGH
E*nough", a. Etym: [OE. inoh, inow, enogh, AS. gen, gen, a. & adv.
(akin to OS. gin, D. genoeg, OHG. ginoug, G. genug, Icel. gn, Sw.
nog, Dan. nok, Goth. gan), fr. geneah it suffices (akin to Goth.
ganah); pref. ge- + a root akin to L. nancisci to get, Skr. na, Gr.
Definition: 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.
Note: Enough usually follows the word it modifies.
E*nough", n.
Definition: 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.
Definition: An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of
it is enough.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition