Quasimodo

See also: quasimodo and quasímodo

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

Quasimodo (plural Quasimodos)

  1. (Christianity) The first Sunday after Easter.
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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

Quasimodo (plural Quasimodos)

  1. A surfing trick performed while crouching.

References
  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Italian

Proper noun

Quasimodo m or f by sense

  1. a surname
    Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer
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