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Webster 1913 Edition


Quasimodo

Quasˊi-mo′do

(kwăsˊĭ-mō′dō̍)
,
Noun.
[So called from the first words of the Latin introit,
quasi modo geniti infantes
as newborn babes,
1 Pet. ii. 2.
]
(R. C. Ch.)
The first Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday.

Definition 2024


Quasimodo

Quasimodo

See also: quasimodo and quasímodo

English

Noun

Quasimodo (plural Quasimodos)

  1. The first Sunday after Easter
Translations
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From the hunchback character Quasimodo

Noun

Quasimodo (plural Quasimodos)

  1. A surfing trick performed whilst crouching

References

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Italian

Proper noun

Quasimodo ?

  1. A surname.
  2. Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer


quasimodo

quasimodo

See also: Quasimodo and quasímodo

Italian

Noun

quasimodo m (invariable)

  1. The first Sunday after Easter; Quasimodo

Adjective

quasimodo (invariable)

  1. Of or pertaining to this Sunday