Associations to the word «Dido»

Wiktionary

DIDO, noun. (slang) (regional) A fuss, a row.
DIDO, noun. A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.
DIDO, adverb. (US) Misspelling of ditto.
DIDO, proper noun. (Greek mythology) Founder and first Queen of Carthage.

Dictionary definition

DIDO, noun. (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.