enuf

American  

[ih-nuhf] / ɪˈnʌf /

adjective

Eye Dialect.

1. enough.

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Etymology

Origin of enuf

First recorded in 1680–85

Example Sentences

The effect is that of a “choreopoem,” the designation chosen by Ntozake Shange for her landmark theater piece, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Black Enuf” is full of stories about living in the crossfire of conflicting perceptions about one’s place, value and identity as a Black American.

From Seattle Times

From her finely wrought “ink,” the final dance in a trilogy exploring African-American identity, to her work on the Metropolitan Opera’s “Porgy and Bess,” the Public Theater’s “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf” and “Choir Boy” on Broadway — for which she was robbed of a Tony — Ms. Brown is one of the most expressive, genuine and deeply felt choreographers working today.

From New York Times

As the Lady in Purple in “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf,” she finally has a part that reflects her just the way she is: deaf, mixed race and a dancer.

From New York Times

On the night I went to see the Public Theatre’s revival of “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf,” it happened to be the birthday of the work’s author, Ntozake Shange, who died last October.

From The New Yorker