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Did vs Dido - What's the difference?

did | dido |

As a verb did

is simple past of do.

As a noun dido is

a fuss, a row.

As an adverb dido is

misspelling of lang=en.

As a proper noun Dido is

founder and first Queen of Carthage.

did

Translingual

Alternative forms

* (roman numeral) DID, CMXCIX, cmxcix (DID)

Number

(mul-number)
  • (label) A Roman numeral representing nine hundred and ninety-nine ().
  • See also

    * Previous: diid (nine hundred and ninety-eight, ) * Next: dd (one thousand, ) ----

    dido

    English

    Etymology 1

    Origin unknown. The "trick" sense might come from the trick of Dido, queen of Carthage, who, having bought as much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it into thin strips long enough to enclose a spot for a citadel.

    Noun

    (didoes)
  • (slang, regional) A fuss, a row.
  • *1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 30:
  • *:I remember Raymond telling me years later how when he lived at home, if his mother heard he had been seen as much as talking to a girl, she would kick up a dido .
  • A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.
  • to cut a dido
  • *1838 , Joseph Clay Neal, Charcoal Sketches; Or, Scenes in a Metropolis , p. 201
  • *:Young people," interposed a passing official, " if you keep a cutting didoes , I must talk to you both like a Dutch uncle.
  • Etymology 2

    Adverb

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