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ado

a·do [ ə d ]


noun 
Definition:
 
bustle: excited activity or bother

[14th century. Contraction of N English dialect at do< Old Norse at "to" + do1]

without further ado without wasting any time


Cultural Note

Much Ado About Nothing, a play (1598?) by English dramatist William Shakespeare. A comedy set in the court of the Duke of Messina in Sicily, it tells of the love of a soldier, Claudio, for the Duke's daughter, Hero, and the eventually unsuccessful attempts of Claudio's enemy, Don John, to prevent their marriage.

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