Dodo vs Dido - What's the difference?
dodo | dido |
A large, flightless bird, , related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
(figuratively) A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
(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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Dido is a alternative form of dodo.
As nouns the difference between dodo and dido
is that dodo is a large, flightless bird, species: Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius while 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.dodo
English
(wikipedia dodo)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* (bird)Derived terms
* dead as a dodo, as dead as a dodo * dodoism * go the way of the dodoSee also
* didine * ratiteAnagrams
* English reduplications ----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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