Quasimodo
pronunciation
How to pronounce Quasimodo in British English:
UK [ˌkwɑ:zi(:)ˈməudəu]
How to pronounce Quasimodo in American English:
US [ˌkwɑziˈmodo]
Word Origin
- quasimodo (n.)
- "Low Sunday," 1706, Quasimodo Sunday, from Latin quasi modo, first words of introit for the first Sunday after Easter: quasi modo geniti infantes "as newborn babes" (1 Pet. ii:2). The hunchback in Victor Hugo's novel was supposed to have been abandoned as an infant at Notre Dame on this day, hence his name. For first element, see quasi; for second see mode (n.1).
Example
- 1. Is there something troubling you , quasimodo ?
- 2. You 're a surprising person , quasimodo .
- 3. The shoulders on this jacket against these chairs they can scrunch up so I look like quasimodo .
- 4. Quasimodo , can 't you understand ?
- 5. Don 't thank me . Thank quasimodo .