Dido Definition

dīdō
didoes, dido
noun
A mischievous or foolish action.
Webster's New World
Founder and queen of Carthage: in the Aeneid she falls in love with Aeneas and kills herself when he leaves her.
Webster's New World

(slang, regional) A fuss, a row.

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pronoun

(Greek mythology) Founder and first Queen of Carthage.

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adverb

(US) Common misspelling of ditto.

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idiom
cut (up) didoes
  • to behave in a mischievous or silly way
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Dido

Noun

Singular:
dido
Plural:
didoes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Dido

  • cut (up) didoes

Origin of Dido

  • Origin unknown. The "trick" sense might come from the trick of Dido, queen of Carthage, who, having bought as much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it into thin strips long enough to enclose a spot for a citadel.

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Dido Sentence Examples

  • The most considered poets of the day joined the Arcadia and Lyric individually wrote much excellent verse, but they Latin authors were the models they chose, and Gargao, the most prominent Arcadian, composed the Cantata de Dido, a gem of ancient art, as well as some charming sonnets to friends and elegant odes and epistles.

  • No special guests IE dido, Zoe & Jaime etc. Gig was to short.

  • Refusing to remain with Dido, queen of Carthage, who in despair puts an end to her life, he sets sail from Africa, and after seven years' wandering lands at the mouth of the Tiber.

  • He also elaborates the episodes most attractive to his audience, notably those of Dido and Aeneas and Lavinia, the last of whom plays a far more important part than in the Aeneid.

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