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SYLLABICATION:a·do
PRONUNCIATION:  -d
NOUN: Bustle; fuss; trouble; bother.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from the phrase at do : at, to (used with infinitive) (from Old Norse at; see ad- in Appendix I) + do, do; see do1.
 
 
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