noun
- busy activity; bustle; fuss.
noun
- bustling activity; fuss; bother; delay (esp in the phrases without more ado, with much ado)
abbreviation for
- accumulated day off
late 14c., “conflict, fighting; difficulty, trouble,” compounded from at do, dialectal in Norse influenced areas of England for to do, as some Scandinavian languages used at with infinitive of a verb where Modern English uses to. For sense development, cf. to-do. Meaning “fuss” is from early 15c. Also used in Middle English for “dealings, traffic,” and “sexual intercourse” (both c.1400).