see|Veronica.
English
Etymology
Named from w:Saint Veronica|St. Veronica.
Pronunciation
IPA|/v�'r�nɪk�/
Noun
en-noun
- The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this.
#*1973, Nicholas Monsarrat, The Kapillan of Malta:
#*:A veil that had wiped off the sweat of Christ? Who could possibly believe that? (�) The only true Veronica of this century was the veronica of the matador � the classic slow swing of the cape before the bull�s face, imitating that holy wiping, mocking it.
- A devotional image of Jesus's face.
#*1988, Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron:
#*:He wiped the lady�s martini glass, having had some trouble with a kind of veronica of lipstick, spat in it viciously, then washed it again.
- context|bullfighting A circular swinging movement of the cape.
#*1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
#*:The cougher makes a lunge. Slothrop sweeps aside, gives him a quick veronica with his cape, sticks his foot out and trips the kid, who lies on the ground cursing
- botany A flower of the genus Veronica, usually having blue petals.
#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 871:
#*:meadows full of wildflowers that seemed to Kit enormous, violets as big as your hand, yellow lilies and blue veronica you could shelter from the rain under
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