ado
Multiple Entries:ado -ado
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ado/əˈduː/
▶noun fuss or difficulty: this is much ado about almost nothing.
– phrases
without further (or more) ado without any fuss or delay; immediately.
without further (or more) ado without any fuss or delay; immediately.
– origin ME (orig. in the sense ‘action, business’): from northern ME at do ‘to do’, from ON at (used to mark an infin.) and do1.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-ado /ˈeɪdəʊ, ˈɑː-/
▶suffix forming nouns such as bravado, desperado. Compare with -ade3.
– origin from Sp. and Port. -ado, based on L. -atus.
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