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veronica | george |

As proper nouns the difference between veronica and george

is that veronica is ; a cognate of the english veronica while george is .

As a noun george is

(slang|archaic) a coin with king george's profile.

veronica

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Roman Catholicism) 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.
  • * 1988 , Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron :
    • 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.
  • (bullfighting) A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull.
  • * 1973 , Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow :
    • 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
  • * 1989 , Martin Amis, London Fields , Vintage 2003, p. 357:
    • 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.
  • (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 veronica you could shelter from the rain under
  • * 1978 , Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea , Vintage 1999, p. 11:
    • 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.

    george

    English

    (wikipedia George)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * ~1594 William Shakespeare: Richard III : Act V, Scene III:
    • Our ancient word of courage, fair Saint George , / Inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragons!
  • * 1830 (Mary Russell Mitford), Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
    • George and Charles are unlucky in this respect; they have no diminutives, and what a mouthful of monosyllables they are! names royal too, and therefore unshortened. A king must be of a very rare class who could afford to be called by shorthand;
  • * 1977 (Joyce Grenfell), Nursery School:
    • George ... don't do that!
  • or Georgia; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e).
  • * 1942 (Enid Blyton), ''(Five on a Treasure Island), Brockhampton Press (1974), ISBN 0340174927, page 18:
    • 'No,' she said, 'I'm not Georgina.' 'Oh!' said Anne, in surprise. 'Then who are you?' 'I'm George',' said the girl. 'I shall only answer if you call me ' George . I hate being a girl.'

    Derived terms

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    Related terms

    * George Cross * George Foreman grill * George Town * Georgetown * Georgia * Georgiana * Georgie * Georgina * Saint George

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, archaic) A coin with King George's profile.
    • Take the Georges , Pew, and don’t stand here squalling. — Robert Louis Stevenson.

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