adnoun (adnoun)

[L. ad + noun. Cf. L. adnomen, usually agnomen, surname: see agnomen.] In gram., an adjective or attributive word; an adjunct to a noun; specifically, according to some grammarians, an adjective used substantively, as the good, the true, and the beautiful. ado (a-dö'), n., orig. inf. [ IMG:content-0283.png:[blocks in formation] Let's follow, to see the end of this ado . Shak., T. of the S., v. i. We had much ado to keepe ourselves above water, the billows breaking desperately on our ve el. Evelyn , Diary, Sept. 22, 1641. Tennyson, May Queen, Conclusion. And what is life, that we should moan? why make we such ado? -ado. [Sp. Pg. -ado, It. -ato = F. é,