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Quasimodo en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌkwɑ.ziˈmoʊ̯.doʊ̯/

Etymology

From the opening of the introit of the day’s Tridentine Mass in Ecclesiastical Latin: quasi modo genitī īnfāntēs (“as newborn babes …”).

Meanings

  1. The first Sunday after Easter Sunday.
    • Holonyms: Easter Week < Eastertide < Octave of Easter < Eastertime < calendar

Forms

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Relateds

Easter Friday · Easter Wednesday · Easter Tuesday · Easter Monday · Easter Saturday · Easter · Easter Sunday · Easter Day · Easter Thursday

Synonyms

Low Sunday · Quasimodogeniti · Alb Sunday · White Sunday · Feast of the Divine Mercy · Dominica in albis · Second Sunday of Easter · Octave Day of Easter · Renewal Sunday · Quasimodo Sunday · Divine Mercy Sunday · Thomas Sunday · Octave of Easter · St. Thomas Sunday · Antipascha

Translations (13)

pt quasímodo (day) · dsb małe jatšy (day) · bg Томина неделя (day) · it Domenica in albis (day) · fr Quasimodo (day) · pl Niedziela Wielkanocna (day) · de Barmherzigkeitssonntag (day) · it quasimodo (day) · el Κυριακή του Θωμά (day) · de Weißer Sonntag (day) · de Kleinostern (day) · de Klein-Ostertag (day) · es Cuasimodo (day)

wikidata: Q617085 · wikipedia: Tridentine Mass

Quasimodo en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌkwɑ.ziˈmoʊ̯.doʊ̯/

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. A surfing trick performed while crouching.
    • 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. 2008 August 21, “The old school survives at the Olympics, amid new events”, in The New York Times:

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wikipedia: Quasimodo · wikipedia: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame · wikipedia: Victor Hugo