Quasimodo
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the opening of the introit of the day’s Tridentine Mass in Ecclesiastical Latin: quasi modo genitī īnfāntēs (“as newborn babes …”).
Noun
Quasimodo (plural Quasimodos)
- (Christianity) The first Sunday after Easter.
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Etymology 2
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
Quasimodo (plural Quasimodos)
- A surfing trick performed while crouching.
- 2008 August 21, “The old school survives at the Olympics, amid new events”, in The New York Times:
- In the end, why not be happy with both, with the BMXes and the pentathlons, with the swans of synchro and the Quasimodos of wrestling? Sweet.
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Italian
Proper noun
Quasimodo m or f by sense
- a surname
- Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer