Dictionary entry

Ado

Webster's Dictionary 1913

A‐do″ (ȧ‐do͞o″), (1) v. inf., (2) n. [OE. at do, northern form for to do. Cf. Affair.] 1. To do; in doing; as, there is nothing ado. “What is here ado?” J. Newton.

2. Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles.

With much ado, he partly kept awake.

Dryden.

Let's follow to see the end of this ado.

Shak.