Veronica

Definitions

1. 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.
2. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
3. A surname from Spanish.
4. A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull.
5. A flower of the genus Veronica, usually having blue petals.

Equivalents

27 more languages

العربيةفيرونيكاوَرْنِيقَةويرونكةوِيرُونِيكَة+ 1 more

Catalàverònica

ČeštinarozrazilVeronika

ΕλληνικάΒερενίκηΒερόνικαΒερονίκη

EestiVeronika

Suomitädyke

GalegoVerónica

Magyarveronika

Íslenskadepla

ItalianoVeronica

日本語ヴェロニカ

ქართულივერონიკა

한국어베로니카

LatinaVeronica

LietuviųVeronika

LatviešuVeronika

МакедонскиВероника

NorskVeronicaVeronika

PolskiprzetacznikWeronika

PortuguêsVerônica

RomânăVeronica

РусскийВероника

SlovenčinaVeronika

SlovenščinaVeronika

ShqipVeronika

SvenskaVeronicaVeronika

УкраїнськаВероніка

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“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”

“He stepped aside as a fight⟳ got going between an attendant and some kid by the Alkool display, hopping backwards in a practised veronica when a bottle broke, fearful for his flares.”

“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”

“There are also (placed there by man or nature?) quite a lot of skinny fuchsias and dense veronicas, all in flower, and some kind of rather attractive grey-leaved sage.”

“My own⟳ name⟳, Veronica — an ugly enough thing I had always thought, it sounded like⟳ either the ointment or the disease — was one her great favourites. St Veronica wiped the face⟳ of Christ on the road to Calvary and He left His face⟳ on her tea towel. Or the picture of His face⟳. It was the first-ever photograph, she said.”

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