Meaning of Desdemona | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Othello's wife in Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, noted for being a victim of jealousy.
2. An inner moon of the planet Uranus.
3. 666 Desdemona, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1908.

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Examples

“As I looked out of the corner of my eye at this savagely picturesque fellow, wondering where was his Desdemona, a dainty and remarkably pretty piece of femininity entered the car, advanced to our table and sat herself beside Othello.”

“On the first of these days' amusements ( I know not what year ) Frank took offence at some attentions paid his Desdemona, and walked away next morning to London in wrath.”

“Luria, the Moor of Florence, is a sentimentally magnanimous Othello without his passions and without his Desdemona.”

“Devastated by early losses, the narcissistic lover is unable to live with his Desdemona because he is unable to live without his idealization of her.”

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