Definitions for Dido

Dido di·do

Spelling: [dahy-doh]
IPA: /ˈdaɪ doʊ/

Dido is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 21 anagrams from letters in Dido (ddio).

Definitions for Dido

noun

  1. a mischievous trick; prank; antic.
  2. a bauble or trifle.
  3. Phoenician Elissa. Classical Mythology. a queen of Carthage who killed herself when abandoned by Aeneas.
  4. a female given name.

Origin of Dido

First recorded in 1800-10; origin uncertain

Examples for Dido

Tink, tink, a - tink - a - tink, tink - a - tink - a - dido!

She might have posed as dido when she learned that the noble neas was dead.

But dido got to the loot first, and absconded with it to North Africa, where she set up her kingdom.

He was one of our best men, and captain of the forecastle on board the dido.

The dido and Phlegethonʼs boats were not long in forming alongside.

I wonder if it were very un-soldierly to slip it off and tie it about dido's neck.

dido and Jacko are great friends, and play together a great deal.

I ought to be a dido and Niobe and Cassandra rolled into one.

Ilioneus in his speech to dido calls him expressly by the name of king.

No naïf or innocent, dido knows plenty about ambition, and how heartless it can make a (hu)man.

Word Value for Dido
Scrable

6

Words with friends

6

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