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dido

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[ dahy-doh ]

noun

Informal.
plural didos, didoes.
  1. a mischievous trick; prank; antic.
  2. a bauble or trifle.


Dido

2

[ dahy-doh ]

noun

  1. Phoenician Elissa. Classical Mythology. a queen of Carthage who killed herself when abandoned by Aeneas.
  2. a female given name.

Dido

1

/ ˈ岹ɪəʊ /

noun

  1. classical myth a princess of Tyre who founded Carthage and became its queen. Virgil tells of her suicide when abandoned by her lover Aeneas
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dido

2

/ ˈ岹ɪəʊ /

noun

  1. an antic; prank; trick
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Dido

  1. In Roman mythology , the founder and queen of Carthage in north Africa . She committed suicide in grief over the departure of her lover, the hero Aeneas .
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Notes

Dido is an image of the unhappy or unrequited lover.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dido1

First recorded in 1800–10; origin uncertain
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dido1

C19: originally US: of uncertain origin
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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.

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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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Romance goes afoul in Abby Rosebrock’s ‘Dido of Idaho’ at Echo Theater Company as offbeat comedy takes a brutal turn.

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“Dido of Idaho,” an offbeat comedy by Abby Rosebrock at the Echo Theater Company, takes a shockingly dark turn.

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The play, presented in the round in a characteristically vibrant Echo Theater Company production under the acute direction of Abigail Deser, starts with Nora and Michael in bed listening to an aria in Henry Purcell’s opera “Dido and Aeneas.”

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