bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
(noun) a rapid active commotion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ADO
(computing) Initialism of ActiveX Data Objects.
• AOD, DAO, DOA, Dao, ODA, Oda, dao, oad, oda
ado (uncountable)
trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion
Ado is mostly used in set phrases, such as without further ado or much ado about nothing.
• See also commotion
• AOD, DAO, DOA, Dao, ODA, Oda, dao, oad, oda
Source: Wiktionary
A*do", (1) v. inf., (2) n. Etym: [OE. at do, northern form for to do. Cf. Affair.]
1. To do; in doing; as, there is nothing. "What is here ado" J. Newton.
2. Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles. With much ado, he partly kept awake. Dryden. Let's follow to see the end of this ado. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 December 2024
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
