Plural of ado; unnecessary fuss, trouble, or commotion about something.
From Middle English 'ado,' probably from Old Norse 'at do' (to do), literally 'at doing.' The phrase meant prolonged fussing over something.
Shakespeare loved the word 'ado'—his play 'Much Ado About Nothing' uses it to suggest that people fuss endlessly over matters of little consequence, capturing a timeless human tendency.
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