Canutish

English Etymology From en Canute ish, referring to the legend of King Canute and the waves. Adjective Futilely attempting to stop the unstoppable. en 2004 James E. Force; Sarah Hutton Newton and Newtonianism: New Studies 31 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. en 2007 Keith Williams H.G. Wells, Modernity and the Movies 19 the 1927 Cinematograph Films Act's Canutish attempt to stem the tide with its quota system en 2012 Max Hastings Editor: A Memoir 171 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'. Anagrams en achinstu Chinatsu en eponyms