All 5 Uses of
Venetian
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- Make all the money thou canst; if sanctimony and a frail vow betwixt an erring barbarian and a supersubtle Venetian be not too hard for my wits and all the tribe of hell, thou shalt enjoy her; therefore make money.†
Scene 1.3
- I was the other day talking on the sea bank with certain Venetians, and thither comes the bauble, and falls thus about my neck,— OTHELLO.†
Scene 4.1 *
- Cassio, my lord, hath kill'd a young Venetian Call'd Roderigo.†
Scene 5.2
- You shall close prisoner rest, Till that the nature of your fault be known To the Venetian state.†
Scene 5.2
- Set you down this; And say besides,—that in Aleppo once, Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk Beat a Venetian and traduc'd the state, I took by the throat the circumcised dog And smote him—thus.†
Scene 5.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(Venetian) relating to Venice or its people
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Venetian blind describes a popular kind of window blind.