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dido

1

[ dahy-doh ]

noun

, Informal.
, plural di·dos, di·does.
  1. a mischievous trick; prank; antic.
  2. a bauble or trifle.


Dido

2

[ dahy-doh ]

noun

  1. Phoenician Elissa. Classical Mythology. a queen of Carthage who killed herself when abandoned by Aeneas.
  2. a female given name.

Dido

1

/ ˈdaɪdəʊ /

noun

  1. classical myth a princess of Tyre who founded Carthage and became its queen. Virgil tells of her suicide when abandoned by her lover Aeneas
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


dido

2

/ ˈdaɪdəʊ /

noun

  1. an antic; prank; trick
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Dido

  1. In Roman mythology , the founder and queen of Carthage in north Africa . She committed suicide in grief over the departure of her lover, the hero Aeneas .


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Notes

Dido is an image of the unhappy or unrequited lover.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dido1

First recorded in 1800–10; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dido1

C19: originally US: of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

At Dido’s house, for example, archaeologist Carolyn Nakamura counted 141 figurines, and of these 54 were animal figurines while only five were fully human ones.

Perhaps when Dido and her neighbors made these figures, they were calling on the power of specific female ancestors rather than some abstract magical force.

Some activities or events in Dido’s culture may have required the aid of a powerful woman.

But Dido got to the loot first, and absconded with it to North Africa, where she set up her kingdom.

No naïf or innocent, Dido knows plenty about ambition, and how heartless it can make a (hu)man.

The critic, in censuring poor Dido and her sister, totally forgets their very reasonable ground of provocation.

In utter misery Dido, on pretext of burning all Æneas' love-gifts, prepares a pyre and summons a sorceress.

Dido sends Anna with a last appeal to Æneas, who nevertheless, in spite of struggles, obeys the gods (469-513).

Venus feigns assent to Juno's proposal that Æneas shall marry Dido and be king of Carthage.

He fled to Dido's father Belus, and with the help of the latter founded a new kingdom in Cyprus.

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