Spell Check of dido

Definition of dido:

( Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas

Common misspellings:

• dido (67%)
• diddo (33%)

Dido

Origin: Greek

Details:
Dido as a girl's name is of Greek origin. Literary: in Virgil's "Aeneid", the queen of Carthage who falls in love with the wandering Aeneas. Pop musician Dido.

Related names: Elissa.

Sounds Like: Doda, Didi, Dada, Dede, Dita, Dody, Dodi.

Examples of usage:

1) But the story of Hester Prynne is poetry as truly as the tale of Dido, and undoubtedly you cannot refuse the appellation poetry to the chapter in Hawthorne's novel which describes how Arthur Dimmesdale gets up in the pulpit and confesses to the congregation his part in Hester Prynne's guilt. - "The Literature of Ecstasy", Albert Mordell.

2) " Because it makes you resemble Dido. - "Monsieur Cherami", Charles Paul de Kock.

3) He had no wit, no repartee, no smartness; he prosed about ploughs and shepherds, like a maudlin old squire; or he told a very shady sort of anecdote about Dido, which I always doubted should be put into the hands of youth. - "That Boy Of Norcott's", Charles James Lever.