Didoes

To save this word, you'll need to log in. See more words from the same century Dictionary Entries near dido didn't didn't have the heart didna dido Dido didodecahedron Didot. Accessed 7 Sep. Please tell us where you read or heard it including the quote, if possible.

By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Cookie Policy , Privacy Policy , and our Terms of Service. It only takes a minute to sign up. My mother who was born in used this term just as someone might use conniption fit. When I asked her where the word dido came from she said that her grandmother used it. I can't find anything that puts these two words together. This answer is mostly a follow-up to issues that StoneyB raised justly, in my opinion in his answer regarding the claimed connection between the term dido and Dido of the Aeneid. Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language has this entry for dido :.

But Dido got to the loot first, and absconded with it to North Africa, where she set up her kingdom. When Dido came to Africa she bought of the natives "as much land as could be encompassed with a bull's hide. She might have posed as Dido when she learned that the noble neas was dead.

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