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 Informal One who is out-of-date, as in dress or ideas.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