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do⋅do

  [doh-doh]
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–noun, plural -dos, -does.
1. any of several clumsy, flightless, extinct birds of the genera Raphus and Pezophaps, related to pigeons but about the size of a turkey, formerly inhabiting the islands of Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodriguez.
2. Slang. a dull-witted, slow-reacting person.
3. a person with old-fashioned, conservative, or outmoded ideas.
4. a thing that is outmoded or obsolete.
Origin:
1620–30; < Pg doudo, fool, madman (of uncert. orig.); the bird appar. so called from its clumsy appearance

Related forms:
do⋅do⋅ism, noun
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do·do   (dō'dō)   
n.   pl. do·does or do·dos

  1. A large, clumsy, flightless bird (Raphus cucullatus), formerly of the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, that has been extinct since the late 17th century.

  2. Informal One who is out-of-date, as in dress or ideas.

  3. Informal A stupid person; an idiot.


[Portuguese dodó, alteration of obsolete Dutch dodors : Dutch dot, tuft of feathers + obsolete Dutch ors, tail (from Middle Dutch ærs; see ors- in Indo-European roots).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

dodo 
1628, from Port. doudo "fool, simpleton," an insult applied by Port. sailors to the awkward bird (Didus ineptus) they found on Mauritius island. The last record of a living one is from 1681. Applied in Eng. to stupid persons since 1886.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Dodo

amatory; loving. (1.) A descendant of Issachar (Judg. 10:1). (2.) An Ahohite, father of Eleazar, who was one of David's three heroes (2 Sam. 23:9; 1 Chr. 11:12). He was the same with Dodai mentioned in 1 Chr. 27:4. (3.) A Bethlehemite, and father of Elhanan, who was one of David's thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:24).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

dodo

see under dead as a doornail.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Encyclopedia

Dodo

American jazz pianist (b. Dec. 12, 1925, Pittsburgh, Pa.-d. Sept. 17, 2002, Pittsburgh), was a teenaged musician in top swing bands (Gene Krupa, Charlie Barnet, and Artie Shaw) before he became one of the first pianists to master the complexities of bebop; he played modern harmonies and fluent melodies in classic recordings by Lester Young and Charlie Parker, and he also led his own trios; a technically gifted, lyrical soloist with a bright, clear touch, he was nationally noted in the 1940s but played primarily in the Pittsburgh area after 1954 and made his last records in 1961-62.

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