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dido

[dahy-doh]
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noun, plural di·dos, di·does. Usually didos, didoes. Informal.
  1. a mischievous trick; prank; antic.
  2. a bauble or trifle.
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Origin of dido

First recorded in 1800–10; origin uncertain

Dido

[dahy-doh]
noun
  1. Phoenician Elissa. Classical Mythology. a queen of Carthage who killed herself when abandoned by Aeneas.
  2. a female given name.
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dido

noun plural -dos or -does (usually plural) informal
  1. an antic; prank; trick
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Word Origin

C19: originally US: of uncertain origin

Dido

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
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Word Origin and History for dido

n.

"prank, caper," 1807, American English slang, perhaps from the name of the Carthaginian queen in the "Aeneid." Usually in phrase to cut didoes.

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dido in Culture

Dido

[(deye-doh)]

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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Dido is an image of the unhappy or unrequited lover.
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