English Explanatory Dictionary

Othello error

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An erroneous conclusion that someone is lying based on signs of stress.

Word forms

Othello error Othello errors

Etymology

From Shakespeare's play Othello, in which the title character misinterprets his wife's distress as proof of her infidelity.

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