Quasimodo
1the ugly, humpbacked protagonist of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo.
Origin of Quasimodo
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Sal·va·to·re [sahl-vah-taw-re], /ˌsɑl vɑˈtɔ rɛ/, 1901–68, Italian poet: Nobel Prize 1959.
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British Dictionary definitions for Quasimodo
/ (ˌkwɔːzɪˈməʊdəʊ) /
another name for Low Sunday
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
Origin of Quasimodo
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