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Desdemona meaning

  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.

Using Desdemona

  • The main meaning on this page is: Othello's wife in Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, noted for being a victim of jealousy. | An inner moon of the planet Uranus. | 666 Desdemona, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1908.
  • In the example corpus, desdemona often appears in combinations such as: and desdemona, desdemona and, desdemona chiang.

Context around Desdemona

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

director 1× play 1× save 1× importune 1× win 1× realising 1× confronts 1×

Often after:

chiang 2× ali 1× design 1× graham 1× became 1× asserts 1×

Sentence patterns with Desdemona

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

based director desdemona chiang 1× belatedly realising desdemona s innocence 1× cassio and desdemona 1× death of desdemona asserts plainly 1× desdemona chiang directs 1× desdemona s relatives 1× diaz from desdemona tx rode 1× emilie and desdemona in a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

act iii iago 1× act v painting 1× also starring matthew 1× based on a 1× desdemona chiang directs 1× desdemona s relatives 1×

Common sentence endings:

abbey as cassio 1× and kill him 1× as a whole 1× by greg banks 1× cassio and desdemona 1× desdemona in othello 1×

Words around Desdemona

Just before it in the word index:

descriptors 35 descriptor 75 descriptivist 3 descriptivism 2 descriptiveness 2 descriptively 7

Just after it in the word index:

desdichado 3 dese 3 deseado 3 desean 26 desecrate 17 desecrated 46

Similar in corpus frequency:

abra 34 accies 34 accommodative 34 acerbic 34 achebe 34 actualise 34

Corpus analysis for Desdemona

  • In this selection, "desdemona" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, director, play, save, chiang, ali and design stand out and add context to how "desdemona" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include based director desdemona chiang and belatedly realising desdemona s innocence. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "desdemona" sits close to words such as abra, accies and accommodative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with desdemona

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Desdemona's relatives eventually find and kill him. (8 words)

Othello confronts Desdemona, and then strangles her to death in their bed. (12 words)

Act III Iago now persuades Othello to be suspicious of Cassio and Desdemona. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Othello attacks Emilie, and Desdemona, in a fit of rage, is left to deal with the consequences in a scene where she talks with James Baldwin (Amaechi Abuah ‘21) and Audre Lorde (Shelby Billups ‘20) about her life and society as a whole. (43 words)

The 5th Avenue Theatre's technical director Erik Holden poses inside newly added audio booths, where singers and musicians are recording a sound-only version of the musical ‘Half the Sky,’ directed by Seattle-based director Desdemona Chiang. (38 words)

Based on a play by Jeffrey Hatcher, tells the story of an actress in 17th-century London who causes quite a stir when she decides to play Desdemona in Othello. (30 words)

Example sentences (20)

Half-siblings Nicholas and Desdemona (Ali Khan and Emma Laird, respectively) are refugees of war, scrounging money as Reynolds' assistants to escape to America.

On a seven-day tour to India and Bhutan in April 2016, Kate looked stunning in Temperley London’s Desdemona design for a lunch with the Indian prime minister.

Desdemona Chiang directs a new take on this children’s classic “Snow White” by Greg Banks.

Eventually, José said, ‘I did Desdemona for you’ and that it was my dance.

The 5th Avenue Theatre's technical director Erik Holden poses inside newly added audio booths, where singers and musicians are recording a sound-only version of the musical ‘Half the Sky,’ directed by Seattle-based director Desdemona Chiang.

Based on a play by Jeffrey Hatcher, tells the story of an actress in 17th-century London who causes quite a stir when she decides to play Desdemona in Othello.

Nonetheless, it is too late to save Desdemona and Otello who have fallen victim to the plot.

Othello attacks Emilie, and Desdemona, in a fit of rage, is left to deal with the consequences in a scene where she talks with James Baldwin (Amaechi Abuah ‘21) and Audre Lorde (Shelby Billups ‘20) about her life and society as a whole.

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Isaac Diaz from Desdemona, TX, rode Sutton’s 747 South Point to a 90 point ride in the saddle bronc performance Saturday night.

Act III Iago now persuades Othello to be suspicious of Cassio and Desdemona.

Act V Painting by William Salter of Othello weeping over Desdemona's body.

Also starring Matthew Deslippe as Iago, Christine Horne as Desdemona, Graham Abbey as Cassio.

Desdemona's relatives eventually find and kill him.

Iago goads Cassio on to talk about his affair with Bianca, a local courtesan, but whispers her name so quietly that Othello believes the two men are talking about Desdemona.

Iago persuades Cassio to importune Desdemona to convince her husband to reinstate Cassio.

Meanwhile, Roderigo complains that he has received no results from Iago in return for his money and efforts to win Desdemona, but Iago convinces him to kill Cassio.

Othello, belatedly realising Desdemona's innocence, stabs Iago but not fatally, saying that he would rather have Iago live the rest of his life in pain.

Othello confronts Desdemona, and then strangles her to death in their bed.

Othello explains that Desdemona became enamoured of him for the sad and compelling stories he told of his life before Venice, not because of any witchcraft.

Othello in contemplating the death of Desdemona asserts plainly that he cannot restore the "Promethean heat" to her body once it has been extinguished.

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Common combinations with desdemona

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "desdemona" in a sentence?
An example: "Half-siblings Nicholas and Desdemona (Ali Khan and Emma Laird, respectively) are refugees of war, scrounging money as Reynolds' assistants to escape to America." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "desdemona" from authentic English texts.
What does "desdemona" mean?
Desdemona means: Othello's wife in Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, noted for being a victim of jealousy.
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