Quasimodo
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Etymology 1[edit]
From the opening of the introit of the day’s Tridentine Mass in Ecclesiastical Latin: quasi modo genitī īnfāntēs (“as newborn babes …”).
Noun[edit]
Quasimodo (plural Quasimodos)
- (Christianity) The first Sunday after Easter.
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Translations[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]
From the hunchback character Quasimodo in Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. The name of the character is derived from the first etymology.
Noun[edit]
Quasimodo (plural Quasimodos)
References[edit]
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Italian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Quasimodo m or f by sense
- a surname
- Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer
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