[əˈduː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a state of agitation or fuss, especially about something unimportant
(e.g: this is much ado about almost nothing)


Phrases:
- what's ado
- without further ado

Origin:
late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘action, business’): from northern Middle English at do ‘to do’, from Old Norse at (used to mark an infinitive) and do