ADO

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ADO¹

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of ActiveX Data Objects.ActiveX Data Objects

ado²

  • /əˈduː/
  • /əˈdjuː/ hypercorrect

Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

From Northern Middle English at do (“to do”), infinitive of do, don (“to do”), see do. Influenced by an Old Norse practice of marking the infinitive by using the preposition at, att (compare Danish at gå (“to go”)). More at at, do.

noun

  1. uncountable Trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion. Antonio:In sooth, I know not why I am so sad. It wearies me; you say it wearies you; But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn; And such a wantwit sadness makes of me, That I have much ado to know myself.

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