Iago

[ ee-ah-goh ]

/ iˈɑ goʊ /

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noun

the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.

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How to use Iago in a sentence

The portrayal remains with me to this day, and seeing Page become Iago again reminded me just how magnetic a Shakespearean he is — and why “All the Devils Are Here” is the best one-person show I’ve come across during the pandemic.
For Patrick Page, it’s Shakespeare’s bad guys who steal the show|Peter Marks|February 25, 2021|Washington Post
For instance, Iago declares in Othello that, “Good wine is a good familiar creature, if it be well used.”
Is That a Bottle of Wine I See Before Me? The Delights of Drunk Shakespeare|Tom Teodorczuk|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She is helplessly oblivious to what is going on between Iago and Othello.
Shakespeare’s Movie Magic|Marina Watts, Malcolm Jones|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2009, he played Iago, opposite John Ortiz as Othello, at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
Philip Seymour Hoffman: An Actor First|Tim Teeman|February 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Iago is such a transfixing portrait of evil exactly because his motives are forever murky.
Senseless. Evil. Silver Linings. Our Misguided Terms of Terror.|William Giraldi|April 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
JI: There is a sort of Iago—someone who is up to some real trouble making—in the book.
John Irving's Favorite New Thriller|John Irving|March 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He was a dark impish looking fellow, as lean as Cassius and as crafty and envious as Iago.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Then he slept, brokenly, waking at intervals to mutter "Damn it——" and to think of her again where she lay, far up Glyn Iago.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
I'm like Iago: 'from this time forth I never will speak word!'
The Tragic Muse|Henry James
The advice of Iago, strangely sanctified, clamoured in her heart—' Put money in thy purse.'
Hyacinth|George A. Birmingham
It is thus that we see spring up, grow, and come to maturity under our eyes, the curiosity of Oedipus and the jealousy of Iago.
The Aesthetical Essays|Friedrich Schiller

Cultural definitions for Iago

Iago

[ (ee-ah-goh) ]

The treacherous villain in the play Othello, by William Shakespeare. As adviser to Othello, a general of Venice, Iago lies to his master and eventually drives him to murder his wife.