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Desdemona

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Desdemona, in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus Uranus (yrā`nəs, y
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Desdemona [‚dez·də′mōn·ə]
(astronomy)
A satellite of Uranus orbiting at a mean distance of 38,935 miles (62,660 kilometers) with a period of 11 hours 24 minutes, and with a diameter of about 36 miles (58 kilometers).
Desdemona
blamelessness martyred through slander. [Br. Lit.: Othello]
See : Innocence


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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
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