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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“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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