From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ado \A*do"\ ([.a]*d[=oo]"), (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.
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2. Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss;
bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles.
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With much ado, he partly kept awake. --Dryden.
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Let's follow to see the end of this ado. --Shak.
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