dido

[ dahy-doh ]

/ ˈdaɪ doʊ /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR dido ON THESAURUS.COM

noun, plural di·dos, di·does.Usually didos, didoes. Informal.

a mischievous trick; prank; antic.

a bauble or trifle.

Origin of dido

First recorded in 1800–10; origin uncertain

Words nearby dido

dideoxyinosine, Diderot, didgeridoo, didicoy, didn't, dido, Didot point system, didrachm, Didrikson, Didronel, didst

Definition for dido (2 of 2)

Dido

[ dahy-doh ]

/ ˈdaɪ doʊ /

noun

Phoenician Elissa. Classical Mythology. a queen of Carthage who killed herself when abandoned by Aeneas.

a female given name.

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for dido

But Dido got to the loot first, and absconded with it to North Africa, where she set up her kingdom.
Virgil, Jane Austen and Other Authors Can Teach Us About Love|Maura Kelly|January 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
No naïf or innocent, Dido knows plenty about ambition, and how heartless it can make a (hu)man.
Virgil, Jane Austen and Other Authors Can Teach Us About Love|Maura Kelly|January 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
When Dido came to Africa she bought of the natives "as much land as could be encompassed with a bull's hide."
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
She might have posed as Dido when she learned that the noble neas was dead.
The Place of Honeymoons|Harold MacGrath

Dido, perceiving this from her tower, sent her sister Anna with a last message imploring neas yet a little to delay.
Half a Hundred Hero Tales|Various
But you know, my dear friend, that showers of rain have helped lovers from the days of Dido down.
The Deputy of Arcis|Honore de Balzac
But the love of Dido for Æneas is the refined passion which is the soul of the romances and of half the poetry of modern times.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845|Various

British Dictionary definitions for dido (1 of 2)

dido

/ (ˈdaɪdəʊ) /

noun plural -dos or -does (usually plural) informal

an antic; prank; trick

Word Origin for dido

C19: originally US: of uncertain origin

British Dictionary definitions for dido (2 of 2)

Dido

/ (ˈdaɪdəʊ) /

noun

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

Cultural definitions for dido

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.

notes for Dido

Dido is an image of the unhappy or unrequited lover.

单词	dido
释义	dido [ dahy-doh ] / ˈdaɪ doʊ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dido ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural di·dos, di·does.Usually didos, didoes. Informal. a mischievous trick; prank; antic. a bauble or trifle. Origin of dido First recorded in 1800–10; origin uncertain Words nearby dido dideoxyinosine, Diderot, didgeridoo, didicoy, didn't, dido, Didot point system, didrachm, Didrikson, Didronel, didst Definition for dido (2 of 2) Dido [ dahy-doh ] / ˈdaɪ doʊ / noun Phoenician Elissa. Classical Mythology. a queen of Carthage who killed herself when abandoned by Aeneas. a female given name. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dido But Dido got to the loot first, and absconded with it to North Africa, where she set up her kingdom. Virgil, Jane Austen and Other Authors Can Teach Us About Love\|Maura Kelly\|January 20, 2012\|DAILY BEAST No naïf or innocent, Dido knows plenty about ambition, and how heartless it can make a (hu)man. Virgil, Jane Austen and Other Authors Can Teach Us About Love\|Maura Kelly\|January 20, 2012\|DAILY BEAST When Dido came to Africa she bought of the natives "as much land as could be encompassed with a bull's hide." Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1\|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. She might have posed as Dido when she learned that the noble neas was dead. The Place of Honeymoons\|Harold MacGrath Dido, perceiving this from her tower, sent her sister Anna with a last message imploring neas yet a little to delay. Half a Hundred Hero Tales\|Various But you know, my dear friend, that showers of rain have helped lovers from the days of Dido down. The Deputy of Arcis\|Honore de Balzac But the love of Dido for Æneas is the refined passion which is the soul of the romances and of half the poetry of modern times. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845\|Various British Dictionary definitions for dido (1 of 2) dido / (ˈdaɪdəʊ) / noun plural -dos or -does (usually plural) informal an antic; prank; trick Word Origin for dido C19: originally US: of uncertain origin British Dictionary definitions for dido (2 of 2) Dido / (ˈdaɪdəʊ) / noun 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 Words related to dido caper, antic, prank Cultural definitions for dido 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. notes for Dido Dido is an image of the unhappy or unrequited lover. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
随便看	scrotitis scrotocele scrotoplasty scrotum scrouge scrounge scrounge around scrounge up scroungy scrovegni chapel scrub scrubbed scrubber scrub-bird scrubboard scrub brush scrubby scrubdown scrub fowl scrub jay scrubland scrub nurse scrub oak scrub pine scrub round

dido

noun, plural di·dos, di·does.Usually didos, didoes. Informal.

Origin of dido

Words nearby dido

Definition for dido (2 of 2)

noun

Example sentences from the Web for dido

British Dictionary definitions for dido (1 of 2)

noun plural -dos or -does (usually plural) informal

Word Origin for dido

British Dictionary definitions for dido (2 of 2)

noun

Words related to dido

Cultural definitions for dido

notes for Dido