dos-à-dos

[ doh-see-doh, -zi- French doh-za-doh ]

noun

, plural dos-à-dos [doh, -see-, dohz, -zi-].

1. do-si-do.

verb (used with or without object)

, dos-à-dosed [doh, -see-, dohd], dos-à-dos·ing [doh, -see-, doh, -ing].

1. to do-si-do.

adverb

1. Archaic. back to back.

dos-à-dos

/ ˌdəʊsɪˈdəʊ; dozado /

noun

1. a seat on which the users sit back to back
2. See do-si-do
   an alternative spelling of do-si-do

Word History and Origins

Origin of dos-à-dos¹

1830–40; < French: back to back

Word History and Origins

Origin of dos-à-dos¹

literally: back to back

Example Sentences

Even then we should be no longer vis-à-vis as before, but dos-à-dos, almost on the instant of our approaching!

From Project Gutenberg

Vit que tous les assistans dançoient en bransles dos à dos, & deux boucs ou cheures auec eux.

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To turn your partner is impossible, and the only part of the figure which is executed con amore is dos à dos.

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