Quasimodo
1[ kwah-suh-moh-doh, -zuh-moh- ]
/ ˌkwɑ səˈmoʊ doʊ, -zəˈmoʊ- /
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noun
the ugly, humpbacked protagonist of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo.
Origin of Quasimodo
11840–50 (def. 1) < Late Latin, from the opening words of the introit antiphon for the Sunday: Quasi modo genitī infantēs … “As just born children …” (1 Pet. 2:2); 1830–35 (def. 2)
Definition for quasimodo (2 of 2)
Quasimodo
2[ kwah-suh-moh-doh, -zuh-moh-; Italian kwah-zee-maw-daw ]
/ ˌkwɑ səˈmoʊ doʊ, -zəˈmoʊ-; Italian ˌkwɑ ziˈmɔ dɔ /
noun
Sal·va·to·re [sahl-vah-taw-re] /ˌsɑl vɑˈtɔ rɛ/, 1901–68, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1959.
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Quasimodo
/ (ˌkwɔːzɪˈməʊdəʊ) /
noun
another name for Low Sunday
a character in Victor Hugo's novel Notre-Dame de Paris (1831), a grotesque hunch-backed bellringer of the cathedral of Notre Dame
(Italian kwaˈziːmodo) Salvatore (salvaˈtoːre). 1901–68, Italian poet, whose early work expresses symbolist ideas and techniques. His later work is more concerned with political and social issues: Nobel prize for literature 1959
Word Origin for Quasimodo
(sense 1) from the opening words of the Latin introit for that day, quasimodo geniti infantes as new-born babies
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Word Origin and History for quasimodo
quasimodo
"Low Sunday," 1706, Quasimodo Sunday, from Latin quasi modo, first words of introit for the first Sunday after Easter: quasi modo geniti infantes "as newborn babes" (1 Pet. ii:2). The hunchback in Victor Hugo's novel was supposed to have been abandoned as an infant at Notre Dame on this day, hence his name. For first element, see quasi; for second see mode (n.1).
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