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dido
1[dahy-doh]
noun
plural
didos, didoesa mischievous trick; prank; antic.
a bauble or trifle.
Dido
2[dahy-doh]
noun
Phoenician Elissa.Classical Mythology.a queen of Carthage who killed herself when abandoned by Aeneas.
a female given name.
Dido
1/ ˈ岹ɪəʊ /
noun
classical myth a princess of Tyre who founded Carthage and became its queen. Virgil tells of her suicide when abandoned by her lover Aeneas
dido
2/ ˈ岹ɪəʊ /
noun
an antic; prank; trick
Word History and Origins
Origin of dido1
Word History and Origins
Origin of dido1
Example Sentences
"We keep being told that AI will change everything, which, I'm afraid, means that we will discuss this during debates on every bill," said Baroness Dido Harding in the House of Lords, recorded in Hansard.
Baroness Dido Harding, who was in charge of the programme in England, told the Covid inquiry she repeatedly argued to increase financial support, but was "frustrated" by the response of then chancellor, Rishi Sunak.
Also sprinkled throughout the record are buoyant Caribbean tracks, like the already popular merengue hit “Vagabundo,” featuring Manuel Turizo and Beéle, and “2AM,” his reggaeton collaboration with Bad Gyal that revamps Dido’s 1999 song “Thank You.”
Adjusted for inflation, the industry made the equivalent of £4bn in 2001, when Dido's was the year's biggest album, with sales of 1.9 million.
Abigail Deser‘s hypnotic production of Abby Rosebrock‘s compellingly strange “Dido of Idaho” and artistic director Chris Fields’ acutely sensitive production of Samuel D. Hunter’s “Clarkston” made me wish that other local theaters had Fields’ acumen for defiantly weird playwriting.
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