Quasimodo
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Quasimodo¹
- /ˌkwɑ.ziˈmoʊ̯.doʊ̯/
Where it comes from
From the opening of the introit of the day’s Tridentine Mass in Ecclesiastical Latin: quasi modo genitī īnfāntēs (“as newborn babes …”).
noun Quasimodos
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The first Sunday after Easter Sunday.
Holonyms: Easter Week < Eastertide < Octave of Easter < Eastertime < calendar
Similar: Quasimodo Sunday, Quasimodogeniti, Second Sunday of Easter, Octave Day of Easter, Octave of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday, Feast of the Divine Mercy, White Sunday, Alb Sunday, Dominica in albis, Low Sunday, Renewal Sunday
Quasimodo²
- /ˌkwɑ.ziˈmoʊ̯.doʊ̯/
Where it comes from
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 Quasimodos
- 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.
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noun day
| Español | Cuasimodo |
|---|---|
| Português | quasímodo |
| Français | Quasimodo |
| Deutsch | Weißer Sonntag, Klein-Ostertag, Kleinostern, Barmherzigkeitssonntag |
| Italiano | quasimodo, Domenica in albis |
| Ελληνικά | Κυριακή του Θωμά Kyriakí tou Thomá |
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