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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Triakidae — the houndshark. - proper noun A male
given name , theWelsh andGalician equivalent toJacob orJames
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- noun the villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hasan, a sadist, whom I have compared to Iago, is sane to the core.
Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010
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Hasan, a sadist, whom I have compared to Iago, is sane to the core.
Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010
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Hasan, a sadist, whom I have compared to Iago, is sane to the core.
Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010
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Hasan, a sadist, whom I have compared to Iago, is sane to the core.
Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010
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In this version, Iago is an overweight African-American woman who has a love fantasy about Othello.
George Heymont: Brush Up Your Shakespeare! (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010
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Hasan, a sadist, whom I have compared to Iago, is sane to the core.
Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010
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In this version, Iago is an overweight African-American woman who has a love fantasy about Othello.
George Heymont: Brush Up Your Shakespeare! (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010
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We all know that evil does exist in this world, and even in "Othello" Shakespeare makes sure that Iago is undone.
Reader reviews of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. 2008
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Gabriele - Not so much that the name Iago was around in Tacitus' time possible, but more likely that it arrived later after Christianity had become more widespread, as that Tacitus' comment is consistent with long-established connections between Wales and Spain that would also be consistent with the two regions later sharing some of the same name forms.
Iago Gwynedd Carla 2010
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Wikipedia says that the character of Iago in Shakespeare's play can be traced to an Italian story, but apparently the original Italian character doesn't have a personal name, so that doesn't help with where the name Iago came from.
Iago Gwynedd Carla 2010
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