Quasimodo

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/ˌkwɑ.ziˈmoʊ̯.doʊ̯/

noun

The first Sunday after Easter Sunday.

“Holonyms: Easter Week < Eastertide < Octave of Easter < Eastertime < calendar”

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Quasimodo SundayQuasimodogenitiSecond Sunday of EasterOctave Day of EasterOctave of EasterDivine Mercy SundayFeast of the Divine MercyWhite Sunday
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Meanings

Quasimodo1

nounQuasimodo (plural Quasimodos)

plural Quasimodos

  1. ChristianityThe first Sunday after Easter Sunday.

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

    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

Quasimodo2

nounQuasimodo (plural Quasimodos)

plural Quasimodos

  1. A surfing trick performed while crouching.

    In the end, why not be happy with both, with the BMXes and the pentathlons, with the swans of synchro and the Quasimodos of wrestling? Sweet.

    2008 August 21, “The old school survives at the Olympics, amid new events”, in The New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe first Sunday after Easter Sunday.

Similar
Quasimodo SundayQuasimodogenitiSecond Sunday of EasterOctave Day of EasterOctave of EasterDivine Mercy SundayFeast of the Divine MercyWhite SundayAlb SundayDominica in albisLow SundayRenewal SundaySt. Thomas SundayThomas SundayAntipascha
Also see
alb sundayantipaschadivine mercy sundaydominica in albisfeast of the divine mercylow sundayoctave day of easteroctave of easterquasimodogenitiquasimodo sundayrenewal sundaysecond sunday of easterst. thomas sundaythomas sundaywhite sunday

Origin

Quasimodo · noun

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

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Quasimodo · noun

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.

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Translations

Bulgarian Томина неделя
  • Томина неделя (Tomina nedelja)day
French Quasimodo
  • Quasimododay
German Weißer Sonntag, Klein-Ostertag
  • Weißer Sonntagday
  • Klein-Ostertagday
  • Kleinosternday
  • Barmherzigkeitssonntagday
Greek Κυριακή του Θωμά
  • Κυριακή του Θωμά (Kyriakí tou Thomá)day
Italian quasimodo, Domenica in albis
  • quasimododay
  • Domenica in albisday
Polish Niedziela Wielkanocna
  • Niedziela Wielkanocnaday
Portuguese quasímodo
  • quasímododay
Spanish Cuasimodo
  • Cuasimododay
Cite this entry
APA

Quasimodo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quasimodo

MLA

“Quasimodo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quasimodo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Quasimodo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quasimodo.

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