Meaning of DIDO
| Pronunciation: | | 'dIdow
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[n] (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of he suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas |
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DIDO is a 4 letter word that starts with D. |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Di"do\, n.; pl. {Didos}.
A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.
{To cut a dido}, to play a trick; to cut a caper; -- perhaps
so called from the trick of Dido, who having bought so
much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it
into thin strips long enough to inclose a spot for a
citadel.
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| | Related Terms: | | antic, bauble, bibelot, caper, curio, frolic, gewgaw, gimcrack, lark, monkeyshine, shenanigan, shines, tomfoolery, toy, trick, trifle, trinket, whatnot |
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