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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUASIMODO

Quas `i *mo "do, n. Etym: [So called from the first words of the Latin introit, quasi modo geniti infantes as newborn babes, 1 Pet. ii. 2.] (R. C. Ch. )

 

Defn: The first Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Quasimodo

Qua si mo do |ˌkwäzēˈmōdō ˌkwɑziˈmoʊdoʊ | the name of the hunchback in Victor Hugo's novel Notre-Dame de Paris (1831 ).

 

Quasimodo, Salvatore

Qua si mo do, Salvatore |ˌkwɑziˈmoʊdoʊ ˌkwäzēˈmōdō | (1901 –68 ), Italian poet. His early work was influenced by French symbolism but his later work was more concerned with political and social issues. Notable works: Water and Land (1930 ) and And It's Suddenly Evening (1942 ). Nobel Prize for Literature (1959 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

Quasimodo

Quasimodo |ˌkwɒzɪˈməʊdəʊ | the name of the hunchback in Victor Hugo's novel Notre-Dame de Paris (1831 ).

 

Quasimodo, Salvatore

Quasimodo, Salvatore |kwɑːˈzɪmɒdəʊ | (1901 –68 ), Italian poet, whose early work was influenced by French symbolism. His later work is more concerned with political and social issues. Nobel Prize for Literature (1959 ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Quasimodogeniti

Qua si mo do ge ni ti Substantiv ohne Artikel evangelische Kirche |Quasimodog e niti |ohne Artikel; indeklinabel lateinisch quasi modo geniti (infantes ) = wie die eben geborenen (Kinder ), nach dem Anfang des Eingangsverses der Liturgie des Sonntags, 1. Petrus 2,2 erster Sonntag nach Ostern