DIDO

Dido

(noun) (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

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.

Noun

dido (plural didos or didoes)

(slang, regional) A fuss, a row.

A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.

Etymology 2

Adverb

dido (not comparable)

(US) Misspelling of ditto.

Anagrams

• doid

Proper noun

Dido

(Greek mythology) Founder and first Queen of Carthage.

Anagrams

• doid

Source: Wiktionary


Di"do, n.; pl. Didos (.

Definition: A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper. To cut a dido, to play a trick; to cut a caper; -- perhaps so called from the trick of Dido, who having bought so much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it into thin strips long enough to inclose a spot for a citadel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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