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Quasimodo
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quasimodo quasímodo
English
<dab!>
Pronunciation
en /ˌkwɑ.ziˈmoʊ̯.doʊ̯/
en En-us-Quasimodo.oga US
Etymology 1
From the opening of the introit of the day’s Tridentine Mass in en la-ecc -: la quasi modo genitī īnfāntēs (“as newborn babes …”).
Noun
en Q617085 en Christianity The first Sunday after Easter Sunday.
en Quasimodo Sunday<id:Q617085> Quasimodogeniti<id:Q617085> Second Sunday of Easter<id:Q617085> Octave Day of Easter<id:Q617085> Octave of Easter<id:Q617085> Divine Mercy Sunday<id:Q617085> Feast of the Divine Mercy<id:Q617085> White Sunday<id:Q617085> Alb Sunday<id:Q617085> Dominica in albis<id:Q617085> Low Sunday<id:Q617085> Renewal Sunday<id:Q617085> St. Thomas Sunday<id:Q617085> Thomas Sunday<id:Q617085> Antipascha<id:Q617085>
en Easter Week < Eastertide < Octave of Easter < Eastertime < calendar
en Easter Sunday Easter Day Easter Easter Monday Easter Tuesday Easter Wednesday Easter Thursday Easter Friday Easter Saturday
Translations
day
Bulgarian: bg Томина неделя f
French: fr Quasimodo m
German: de Weißer Sonntag m, de Klein-Ostertag m, de Kleinostern n, de Barmherzigkeitssonntag m
Greek: el Κυριακή του Θωμά f
Italian: it quasimodo m, it Domenica in albis f
Polish: pl Niedziela Wielkanocna f
Portuguese: pt quasímodo m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb małe jatšy p
Spanish: es Cuasimodo m
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
A surfing trick performed while crouching.
en The old school survives at the Olympics, amid new events w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/sports/21iht-OLYOLD.3.15512697.html 21-08-2008 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250123041234/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/sports/21iht-OLYOLD.3.15512697.html 23 January 2025
References
en eponyms
Italian
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Etymology
From the opening of the introit of the day’s Tridentine Mass in it la-ecc -: la quasi modo genitī īnfāntēs (“as newborn babes …”). This was probably used as a nickname for foundlings.
Proper noun
mfbysense
it Latin < nicknames
Further reading
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