Lido vs Dido - What's the difference?
lido | dido |
(British) A part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities.
(British) An outdoor swimming pool.
(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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As nouns the difference between lido and dido
is that lido is a part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities 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.lido
English
(wikipedia lido)Usage notes
The first pronunciation is more common, but the second more closely imitates the Italian.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* lido deckAnagrams
* * * * * ----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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