veronica

veronica
noun /vəˈɹɒnɪkə/
a) The image of Jesuss 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.

b) A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull.

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.


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  • verónica — s. f. 1. Imagem do rosto de Jesus, estampada ou pintada num pano com traços vermelhos. 2. Imagem do rosto e corpo de um santo impressa ou gravada em pano, cera, metal, etc. 3.  [Popular] Rosto; cara. 4. Mulher que nas procissões leva a verônica.… …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • veronica — ► NOUN 1) a herbaceous plant with upright stems bearing narrow pointed leaves and spikes of blue or purple flowers. 2) a cloth supposedly impressed with an image of Christ s face. ORIGIN from the given name Veronica; sense 2 refers to St Veronica …   English terms dictionary

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