Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

canutish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: canutish
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Futilely attempting to stop the unstoppable.

Example Sentences

"Whether or not the more extreme expressions of these fears are justified, gigantic commercial and cultural forces unleashed in the last decade mean that Canutish resistance to the digitisation of large swathes of academic culture is futile."
"[…] the 1927 Cinematograph Films Act's Canutish attempt to stem the tide with its quota system […]"
"As tensions rose between Downing Street and Bonn, and we attacked in the paper her Canutish resistance to great events which she possessed no power to influence, some Tories began openly to denounce the Telegraph's 'treachery'."

Etymology

From Canute + -ish, referring to the legend of King Canute and the waves.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Canute

Inflected Forms

more Canutish (comparative) most Canutish (superlative)

Questions

What does canutish mean?: Futilely attempting to stop the unstoppable.
Where does canutish come from?: From Canute + -ish, referring to the legend of King Canute and the waves.

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