Definitions for DIDOˈdaɪ doʊ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
di•doˈdaɪ doʊ(n.)(pl.)-dos, -does.; didos, didoes.
a mischievous trick; prank; antic.
Category: Informal
a bauble or trifle.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal
Origin of dido:
1800–10; orig. uncert.
Di•doˈdaɪ doʊ(n.)
a legendary queen of Carthage who killed herself when abandoned by Aeneas.
Category: Mythology
Princeton's WordNet
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
Wiktionary
Dido(ProperNoun)
Founder and first Queen of Carthage.
Origin: Origin unknown.
Webster Dictionary
Dido(noun)
a shrewd trick; an antic; a caper
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Dido
the daughter of Belus, king of Tyre, and the sister of Pygmalion, who, having succeeded to the throne on the death of his father, put Sichæus, her husband, to death for the sake of his wealth, whereupon she secretly took ship, sailed away from the city with the treasure, accompanied by a body of disaffected citizens, and founded Carthage, having picked up by the way 80 virgins from Cyprus to make wives for her male attendants; a neighbouring chief made suit for her hand, encouraged by her subjects, upon which, being bound by an oath of eternal fidelity to Sichæus, she erected a funeral pile and stabbed herself in presence of her subjects; Virgil makes her ascend the funeral pile out of grief for the departure of Æneas, of whom she was passionately in love.
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