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Webster 1913 Edition

Ado

A-do′

(ȧ-doō′)
, (1)
Verb.
inf.
, (2)
Noun.
[OE.
at do
, northern form for
to do
. Cf.
Affair
.]
1.
To do; in doing;
as, there is nothing
ado
.
“What is here ado?”
J. Newton.
2.
Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle;
as, to make a great
ado
about trifles
.
With much
ado
, he partly kept awake.
Dryden.
Let’s follow to see the end of this
ado
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Ado

ADO'

,
Noun.
Bustle; trouble; labor; difficulty; as, to make a great ado about trifles; to persuade one with much ado.

Definition 2024

Ado

Ado

See also: ado, ADO, adó, and -ado

Italian

Proper noun

Ado ‎(m)

  1. A male given name

Anagrams

Slovak

Proper noun

Ado m

  1. A pet form of the male given name Adam.

ado

ado

See also: ADO, Ado, adó, and -ado

English

Noun

ado ‎(uncountable)

  1. Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:commotion

Translations

Usage notes

Ado is mostly used in set phrases, such as without further ado or much ado about nothing.

Anagrams

References

  • ado in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Etymology

Apocopic form of adolescent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.do/

Noun

ado m, f ‎(plural ados)

  1. (colloquial) teen, teenager

Etymology

Northern Middle English at do ("to do"), supine of Middle English do, don "to do". Influenced by Old Norse practice of marking supines using the preposition at, att (compare Danish at gå "to go"). More at at, do

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈduː/

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