Desdemona

• Disdemona

Coined based on Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) + δαίμων (daímōn), hence "ill-fated, unfortunate".

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛzdəˈmoʊnə/

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• Hyphenation: Des‧de‧mo‧na

Desdemona

1. Othello's wife in Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, noted for being a victim of jealousy.
   • 1919, Lee Meriwether, The War Diary of a Diplomat:

     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.

   • 1848, James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, page 77:

     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.

   • 2005, Boyd Litzinger, Donald Smalley, Robert Browning: The Critical Heritage, page 260:

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

   • 2012, Alvin O. Korte, Nosotros: A Study of Everyday Meanings in Hispano New Mexico:

     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.

2. (astronomy) An inner moon of the planet Uranus.
3. (astronomy) 666 Desdemona, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1908.

• Eudaimonia

• “Desdemona”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Desdemona”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Learned borrowing from Latin Desdemona.

• IPA^(key): /dɛz.dɛˈmɔ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɔna
• Syllabification: Des‧de‧mo‧na

Desdemona f

1. Desdemona (moon of Uranus)

• Desdemona in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Desdemona in PWN's encyclopedia

Desdemona

1. (astronomy) Desdemona