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ef·fi·gy

–noun, plural -gies.

1.	a representation or image, esp. sculptured, as on a monument.

2.	a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes of ridicule.

—Idiom

3.	in effigy, in public view in the form of an effigy: a leader hanged in effigy by the mob.

[Origin: 1530–40; (< MF) < L effigia, equiv. to effig- (ef- ef- + fig- shape, form; see figure) + -ia -y³

]

—Related forms

ef·fig·i·al

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ef·fi·gy Audio Help (ěf'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. ef·fi·gies

A crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group.
A likeness or image, especially of a person.

[French effigie, from Latin effigiēs, likeness, from effingere, to portray : ex-, ex- + fingere, to shape; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots.]

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Effigies

Ef*fig"i*es\, n. [L.] See Effigy. --Dryden.

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