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Desdemona
//ˌdɛzdəˈmoʊnə// name
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Proper Noun
- 1 Othello's wife in Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, noted for being a victim of jealousy.
"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."
- 2 An inner moon of the planet Uranus.
- 3 666 Desdemona, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1908.
Etymology
Coined based on Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) + δαίμων (daímōn), hence "ill-fated, unfortunate".
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