erenow

[ air-nou ]

adverb

1. before this time.

Word History and Origins

Origin of erenow¹

First recorded in 1300–50, erenow is from Middle English ar now. See ere, now

Example Sentences

He hath done a wild thing erenow, this pious Master Dimmesdale, in the hot passion of his heart!”

From Project Gutenberg

My friend, Henry Chorley of the Athenaeum, the first musical critic of Europe, is going thither next month to assist at the production of Meyerbeer's Prophète at the French Opera, and another friend will accompany me and my little maid to take care of us; so that I have just hopes that the excursion, erenow much facilitated by railways, may do me good.

From Project Gutenberg

You say true, lovely Ellen; and I have done enough, erenow, to insure its heaviest weight.

From Project Gutenberg