veronica
/vəˈɹɒnɪkə//vəˈɹɒnɪkə/
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.
Noun
veronica (plural veronicas)
- 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.
- 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.1973, Nicholas Monsarrat, The Kapillan of Malta
- 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.1988, Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron
- A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull.
- 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 cursing1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
- 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.1989, Martin Amis, London Fields, Vintage, published 2003, page 357
- A flower of the genus Veronica, usually having blue petals.
- 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 under2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 871
- 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.1978, Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea, Vintage, published 1999, page 11
Verb
veronica (third-person singular simple present veronicas, present participle veronicaing, simple past and past participle veronicaed)
- To draw a muleta over and away from a bull's face in bullfighting.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Veronica
Veronica
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 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...2007, Anne Enright, The Gathering, Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 128
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Veronica
Veronica (plural Veronicas)
- A surname from Spanish.
veronica meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
veronica in Hindi
- वेरोनिका
veronica in Tamil
- வெரோனிகா, வெரோனிக்கா
veronica in Marathi
- वेरोनिका, व्हेरोनिका, वेरोनिका कडे
veronica in Urdu
- ویرونیکا
More languagesFewer languages
- veronica in Bengali
- ভেরোনিকা, েরোনিকা, ভেরোনিকাকে
- veronica in Telugu
- వెరోనికా, వేరోనికా, వెరోనిక
- veronica in Malayalam
- വെറോണിക്ക, വെറോണിക്കാ, വെറോണിക്കയിലേക്ക്
- veronica in Kannada
- ವೆರೋನಿಕಾ, ವೆರೊನಿಕಾ, ವೇರೋನಿಕಾ
- veronica in Punjabi
- ਵੇਰੋਨਿਕਾ, ਵੇਰੋਨੀਕਾ, ਵੈਰੋਨੀਕਾ
- veronica in Gujarati
- વેરોનિકા, વેરોનીકા, વેરોનિકાને
- veronica in Odia
- ଭେରୋନିକା, ଭେରୋନାକା, ଭେରୋନିକାକୁ
- veronica in Nepali
- वेरोनिका, भेरोनिका, वेरोनिकालाई
- veronica in Arabic
- وِيرُونِكَة wīrūnika
Forms of veronica
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | veronicas |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | veronicas |
| present participle | veronicaing |
| past participle | veronicaed |
| past | veronicaed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Veronicas |
Origin of veronica
Named after Saint Veronica.
From the Latin form of Berenice, from Ancient Greek Φερενίκη (Phereníkē). Influenced by the Church Latin phrase vera icon ("true image") associated with the veil of Saint Veronica, who wiped the face of Jesus on the way to Calvary, resulting in an image of his face miraculously appearing on the veil. Doublet of Berenice.
Borrowed from Spanish Verónica.
Words formed from veronica
Phrases with veronica
Questions about veronica
- What does veronica mean?
- Veronica means 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.
- What is veronica in Hindi?
- Veronica in Hindi is वेरोनिका. See Veronica meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is veronica?
- Veronica can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce veronica?
- Veronica is pronounced /vəˈɹɒnɪkə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of veronica?
- The plural of veronica is veronicas.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: veronica (page history and authors); Veronica (page history and authors); veronica (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); veronica (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); veronica (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); veronica (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); veronica (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); veronica (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); veronica (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); veronica (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); veronica (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); veronica (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); veronica (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); veronica (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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