different between ado vs caterwauling

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??du?/

Noun

ado (uncountable)

1. trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene i^[1]:

     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.

   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience:

     Probably a crab would be filled with a sense of personal outrage if it could hear us class it without ado or apology as a crustacean, and thus dispose of it. “I am no such thing,” it would say; “I am myself, myself alone.”

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:commotion

Usage notes

Ado is mostly used in set phrases, such as without further ado or much ado about nothing.

Translations

References

• ado in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• AOD, DAO, DOA, Dao, ODA, Oda, dao, oad, oda

Afar

Alternative forms

• (Southern dialects) aadó

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??do/
• Hyphenation: a?do

Noun

adó f 

1. (Northern dialects) generation
2. (Northern dialects) era

Declension

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985) , “ado”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, ?ISBN

French

Etymology

Clipping of adolescent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.do/

Noun

ado m or f (plural ados)

1. (colloquial) teen, teenager

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

ado

1. second-person singular aorist active of dad?ti (“to give”)

Sidamo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ado/

Noun

ado f

1. milk

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 62

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?kæt???w?l??/

Verb

caterwauling

1. present participle of caterwaul

Noun

caterwauling (plural caterwaulings)

1. A sound that caterwauls.
   • 1918, Eleanor H. Porter, Oh, Money! Money!

     Now, I like a good tune what is a tune; but them caterwaulings and dirges that that chap Gray plays on that fiddle of his—gorry, Mr. Smith, I'd rather hear the old barn door at home squeak any day.