"in these times, at the present," late 14c., contracted from Middle English nou adayes (mid-14c.), from now + adayes "during the day" (see adays).
novice
novitiate
novocain
Novus Ordo Seclorum
now
nowadays
nowhere
nowhither
no-win
no-wise
noxious
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