veronicas

Noun

veronica (plural veronicas)

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.
   • 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
2. 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
3. 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

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