Desdemona

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Des·de·mo·na (d

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The satellite of Uranus that is fifth in distance from the planet.

[After Desdemona, wife of Othello in Othello by William Shakespeare.]

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Desdemona [ˌdezdɪˈməʊnə] N → Desdémona

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asphyxiate baddie bit part cast characterization enactment heroine ingenue minor role miscast name part performing arts persona Personation portrayal protagonist recast Shakespeare suffocate			For this reason Shakespear hath artfully introduced his Desdemona soliciting favours for Cassio of her husband, as the means of inflaming, not only his jealousy, but his rage, to the highest pitch of madness; and we find the unfortunate Moor less able to command his passion on this occasion, than even when he beheld his valued present to his wife in the hands of his supposed rival. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context I expect that Shakespeare devised Iago with a gusto which he never knew when, weaving moonbeams with his fancy, he imagined Desdemona. Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context Nevertheless, while Sir James said to himself that he had completely resigned her, since with the perversity of a Desdemona she had not affected a proposed match that was clearly suitable and according to nature; he could not yet be quite passive under the idea of her engagement to Mr. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context			Describent Describer Descrier description description of target descriptive descriptive adjective Descriptive anatomy descriptive anthropology descriptive clause descriptive geometry descriptive grammar descriptive linguistics descriptive metaphysics descriptive name descriptive notation descriptive statistics descriptively descriptivism descriptivist descriptor Descrive descry Descurainia Descurainia pinnata Desdemona Desecate desecrate desecrated Desecrater desecration desecrator deseed Desegmentation desegrated desegregate desegregation deselect deselection desensitisation desensitisation procedure desensitisation technique desensitise desensitising desensitization desensitization procedure desensitization technique desensitize desensitized desensitizing Deseret			descriptivism descriptivist descriptivist Descriptivist linguistics Descriptivist linguistics descriptivists descriptor descriptor descriptor Descriptor Privilege Level descriptors descriptors descriptors Descrive descry descry descrying descrying Descuento Descuento a termino Descuento de documentos Descuento de facturas Descuento por cantidad Descuento por pago en efectivo Descuento por volumen Descurainia Descurainia Descurainia pinnata Descurainia pinnata DESD Desdemona Desdemona (song) Desdemona (song) DESDEVGRU DesDiv DESDM Desdoblamiento Dese Dese deseaming Desecate Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge Deseconomia Deseconomie desecrate desecrate desecrated desecrated desecrater desecrater desecrates desecrates desecrating desecrating desecration desecration desecrations desecrations desecrator desecrator desecrators

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