Quasimodo

¹ American  

[kwah-suh-moh-doh, -zuh-moh-] / ˌkwɑ səˈmoʊ doʊ, -zəˈmoʊ- /

noun

1. Low Sunday.

2. the ugly, humpbacked protagonist of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo.

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Quasimodo ² American  

[kwah-suh-moh-doh, -zuh-moh-, kwah-zee-maw-daw] / ˌkwɑ səˈmoʊ doʊ, -zəˈmoʊ-, ˌkwɑ ziˈmɔ dɔ /

noun

1. Salvatore 1901–68, Italian poet: Nobel Prize 1959.

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Quasimodo British  

/ ˌkwɔːzɪˈməʊdəʊ /

noun

1. another name for Low Sunday

2. a character in Victor Hugo's novel Notre-Dame de Paris (1831), a grotesque hunch-backed bellringer of the cathedral of Notre Dame

3. 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

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Etymology

Origin of Quasimodo

First recorded in 1840–50 Quasimodo ¹ for def. 1; from 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 Quasimodo ¹ for def. 2

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Quasimodo

The French premier also gave the pope a more traditional gift - an 1836 edition of "Notre Dame de Paris", Victor Hugo's classic novel about the hunchbacked bell ringer Quasimodo set in Paris in 1482.

From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2021

All three live happily ever after instead of dying, as both Quasimodo and Esmeralda do in the book.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2021

Fisher was allegedly told by Johns to "play the character less like Frankenstein and more like the kindhearted Quasimodo."

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2021

In this link, Calisthenicmovement provides three simple exercises for standing up straight, looking in the mirror and saying goodbye to Quasimodo once and for all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2020

Billy complains but Quasimodo shakes his head, I can’t help it.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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