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enough

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/ɪˈnʌf/UK/ɪˈnʌf/US/ɪˈnɐf/

Etymology

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”)).

  1. derived from *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe✻
  2. inherited from *ganōgaz✻
  3. inherited from ġenōg
  4. inherited from ynogh

Definitions

  1. Sufficient

    Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.

    • I've already had enough coffee today.

  2. Sufficiently.

    • Those pears aren't ripe enough for the children to eat (them).
    • You've worked enough; rest for a bit.
    • We don't have long enough nails.

  3. Fully

    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.
    • I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio.
    • “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. 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.
      • I left my camera on the train, but luckily enough someone handed it in to lost property.

    2. A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.

      • I have enough (of it) to keep me going.
      • Enough of you are here to begin the class.
      • Get some more plates. There aren’t enough yet.

    3. Stop! Don't do that any more! It is too much!

      • Near-synonyms: please, cut it out, knock it off, shut up, STFU
      • I'm sick of you complaining! Enough!

    4. An instance of being sufficient, or of doing something sufficiently.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at enough. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at enough. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at enough

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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