Dido vs Medea - What's the difference?
dido | medea |
(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.
*1838 , Joseph Clay Neal, Charcoal Sketches; Or, Scenes in a Metropolis ,
*:Young people," interposed a passing official, " if you keep a cutting didoes , I must talk to you both like a Dutch uncle.
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An enchantress (in Greek mythology) who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece
As proper nouns the difference between dido and medea
is that dido is founder and first Queen of Carthage while Medea is an enchantress (in Greek mythology) who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece.As a noun dido
is a fuss, a row.As an adverb dido
is misspelling of lang=en.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)- to cut a dido
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