English Explanatory Dictionary

Ecce Mono

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A nickname for the ecce homo (depiction of Jesus with a crown of thorns) in the Sanctuary of Mercy church in Borja, Spain, a fresco painted circa 1930 by the Spanish painter Elías García Martínez and attempted to be restored by Cecilia Giménez, an untrained amateur artist, in 2012.

Word forms

Ecce Mono

Etymology

By replacing Latin homō (“man”) of ecce homō (“behold the man”) with Spanish mono (“monkey”).

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