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单词 make-a-do
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make-a-don.

Brit. /ˌmeɪkəˈduː/, U.S. /ˌmeɪkəˈdu/
Forms: 1500s mak-a-dooe, 1500s make a doe, 1800s mack-ado (English regional (northern)); Scottish (Orkney and Shetland) 1800s– mak'-a-deu, 1800s– makadö, 1800s– mak adü, 1800s– makkadø.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: make v.1, ado n. and adj.2
Etymology: < make v.1 + ado n. and adj.2
In later use regional.
1.
a. An uproar, a disturbance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of
viretotec1386
moving?a1439
reela1450
stir1487
songa1500
pirrie1536
hurly-burly1548
make-a-do1575
confusions1599
the hunt is upa1625
ruffle1642
fuss1701
fraction1721
fizza1734
dust1753
noration1773
steeriea1776
splorea1791
rook1808
piece of work1810
curfuffle1813
squall1813
rookerya1820
stushie1824
shindy1829
shine1832
hurroosh1836
fustle1839
upsetting1847
shinty1848
ructions1862
vex1862
houp-la1870
set-out1875
hoodoo1876
tingle-tangle1880
shemozzle1885
take-on1893
dust-up1897
hoo-ha1931
tra-la-la1933
gefuffle1943
tzimmes1945
kerfuffle1946
1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. iii. sig. Aiii What deuyll make a doe is this, betweene our dame and thee.
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 142 Mack-ado, an uproar, disturbance.
b. Orkney and Shetland. A fuss, a to-do; a show or pretence. Also attributive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss
to-doc1330
adoc1380
great (also much) cry and little woolc1460
feery-fary1535
fray1568
stirc1595
do1598
coil1599
hurl1603
ruffle1609
clutterment1611
buzz1628
bustle1637
paddle1642
racket1644
clutter1652
tracas1656
tracasserie1656
circumference1667
flutter1667
hurly-burly1678
fuss1701
fissle1719
fraise1725
hurry-scurry1753
fix-fax1768
fal-lal1775
widdle1789
touse1792
fuffle1801
going-on1817
hurry and scurry1823
sputter1823
tew1825
Bob's-a-dying1829
fidge1832
tamasha1842
mulling1845
mussing1846
fettling1847
fooster1847
trade1854
scrimmage1855
carry-on1861
fuss-and-feathers1866
on-carry1870
make-a-do1880
miration1883
razzle-dazzle1885
song and dance1885
to get a rustle on1891
tea-party1903
stirabout1905
whoop-de-do1910
chichi1928
production1941
go-go1966
1880 W. T. Dennison Orcadian Sketch-bk. 67 We kent there wus nee mak'-a-deu drinkers i' the company.
1897 Shetland News 15 May in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) For a kind o' mak adü I lightit mi pipe.
1956 C. M. Costie Benjies' Bodle 152 Mairi meed on as if sheu wad faint, bit hid wis cheust a mak'-a-deu.
1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. at Makadö Shö made a graet cerry-on fyaarmin owre me but I weel kent hit was jöst makadö.
1986 R. A. Jamieson Thin Wealth 116 We ging apo most Antrin amps, skendit be da makkadø o Sales spaek.
2. A troublemaker. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > one who or that which causes
make-a-do1590
perturbant1875
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall 8 I will nicke-name no bodie: I am none of these tuft mockadoo mak-a-dooes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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