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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'veronica' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions veronica 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 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 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 you could shelter from the rain under Etymology: Named from w:Saint Veronica, St. Veronica.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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