Definitions for iagoiˈɑ goʊ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

I•a•goiˈɑ goʊ(n.)

  1. the villain in Shakespeare's play Othello (1604).

    Category: Literature

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Iago(noun)

    the villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife

Wiktionary

  1. Iago(ProperNoun)

    A male given name, the Welsh and Galician equivalent to Jacob or James

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Iago

    a cool, selfish, malignant, subtle, evil-scheming knave in "Othello," his "ancient" or ensign, who poisoned his mind against Desdemona.


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