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Othelloesque

Othelloesque adjective: reminiscent of Shakespeare's character Othello, especially in feeling delusional jealousy toward one's innocent lover.

Adjective

Othelloesque (comparative more Othelloesque, superlative most Othelloesque)

  1. Reminiscent of Shakespeare's character Othello, especially in feeling delusional jealousy toward one's innocent lover.

Forms of Othelloesque

comparativemore Othelloesque
superlativemost Othelloesque

Origin of Othelloesque

From Othello + -esque.

Questions about Othelloesque

What does Othelloesque mean?
Othelloesque means reminiscent of Shakespeare's character Othello, especially in feeling delusional jealousy toward one's innocent lover.
What part of speech is Othelloesque?
Othelloesque is an adjective.

Words near Othelloesque in the dictionary

  1. othalas
  2. Othello
  3. Othello error
  4. Othello errors
  5. Othello syndrome
  6. Othelloesque
  7. othematoma
  8. othematomata
  9. otheoscope
  10. otheoscopes
  11. other

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