[di.do] n, pl didoes or didos [origin unknown] (1807) 1: a mischievous or capricious act: prank, antic--often used in the phrase cut didoes
2: something that is frivolous or showy Di.do n [L, fr. Gk Dido]: a legendary queen of Carthage in Virgil's Aeneid who kills herself when Aeneas leaves her