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Quasimodo

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌkwɑ.ziˈmoʊ̯.doʊ̯/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K AE0 Z IY0 M OW1 D OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The first Sunday after Easter Sunday.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Christianity

Examples

  • Holonyms: Easter Week < Eastertide < Octave of Easter < Eastertime < calendar

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 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, St. Thomas Sunday, Thomas Sunday, Antipascha

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A surfing trick performed while crouching.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

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.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: Томина неделя (Tomina nedelja) — day
  • French: Quasimodo — day
  • German: Weißer Sonntag — day
  • German: Klein-Ostertag — day
  • German: Kleinostern — day
  • German: Barmherzigkeitssonntag — day
  • Greek: Κυριακή του Θωμά (Kyriakí tou Thomá) — day
  • Italian: quasimodo — day
  • Italian: Domenica in albis — day
  • Polish: Niedziela Wielkanocna — day
  • Portuguese: quasímodo — day
  • Lower Sorbian: małe jatšy — day
  • Spanish: Cuasimodo — day
Real reading context

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