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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Qua•si•mo•do (kwä′sə mō′dō, -zə mō′-; It. kwä′zē mô′dô),USA pronunciation n. Sal•va•to•re (säl′vä tô′re),USA pronunciation 1901–68, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1959.
Qua•si•mo•do (kwä′sə mō′dō, -zə mō′-),USA pronunciation n. - See Low Sunday.
- Literaturethe ugly, humpbacked protagonist of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo.
- Late Latin, from the opening words of the introit antiphon for the Sunday:Quasi modo genitī infantēs… As just born children … (1 Pet. 2:2)
- 1840–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Quasimodo /ˌkwɔːzɪˈməʊdəʊ/ n - a character in Victor Hugo's novel Notre-Dame de Paris (1831), a grotesque hunch-backed bellringer of the cathedral of Notre Dame
- / Italian: kwaˈziːmodo/ Salvatore (salvaˈtoːre). 1901–68, Italian poet, whose early work expresses symbolist ideas and techniques. His later work is more concerned with political and social issues: Nobel prize for literature 1959
Etymology: (sense 1) from the opening words of the Latin introit for that day, quasimodo geniti infantes as new-born babies |