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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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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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
effigy

1539, from L. effigies "copy or imitation of something, likeness," related to effingere "mold, fashion, portray," from ex- "out" + fingere "to form, shape." The Latin word was regarded as plural and the -s was lopped off by 18c.

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effigy
noun
a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"

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effigy [ˈefidʒi] noun

a likeness of a person, animal etc (in wood, stone etc)
Example: effigies of Buddha

Arabic:	صورَه (على خَشَب ، حَجَر)
Chinese (Simplified):	雕像
Chinese (Traditional):	雕像
Czech:	zpodobení
Danish:	statue
Dutch:	beeltenis
Estonian:	kujutis
Finnish:	kuva
French:	effigie
German:	das Abbild
Greek:	ομοίωμα
Hungarian:	kép(más)
Icelandic:	eftirmynd; stytta
Indonesian:	tiruan
Italian:	effigie, effige

Japanese:	彫像
Korean:	초상, 인형
Latvian:	(kokā, akmenī veidots) attēls; veidols
Lithuanian:	atvaizdas, iškamša, skulptūra
Norwegian:	bilde, statue
Polish:	podobizna
Portuguese (Brazil):	efígie
Portuguese (Portugal):	efígie
Romanian:	efigie
Russian:	изображение; чучело
Slovak:	obraz, postava, figúra
Slovenian:	podoba
Spanish:	efigie
Swedish:	avbildning, figur, docka
Turkish:	kukla, model