Iago

[ ee-ah-goh ]

noun

1. the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.

Iago

1. 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.

Example Sentences

Still, within his Jefferson lives a version of William Shakespeare’s Othello, another part Jones played to great acclaim with Christopher Plummer as his Iago.

From Salon

Disney’s Aladdin is at the heart of this property, with an open-plan living-room/kitchen/diner that features an extensive mural of Aladdin himself alongside Princess Jasmine, the Genie, Abu, Rajah, Iago, and the Sultan.

From BBC

Murphy compared Pearlman to Iago, the wily soldier in Shakespeare’s “Othello”; there is “always emotion” to watching an antihero, he added.

From New York Times

The government plaintiffs paint Live Nation as a corporation so arrogant it would make Shakespeare’s Iago blush.

From Los Angeles Times

Emerson credits his Shakespearean training — twice he played Iago, the chatty schemer of “Othello” — for his ability to keep viewers on edge.

From New York Times