Associations to the word «Knut»

Wiktionary

KNUT, noun. (archaic) (informal) (Edwardian) An idle upper-class man-about-town

Dictionary definition

KNUT, noun. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035).

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras