ef·fi·gy
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Audio Help [ef-i-jee] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -gies.
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| 1. | a representation or image, esp. sculptured, as on a monument. |
| 2. | a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes of ridicule. |
| 3. | in effigy, in public view in the form of an effigy: a leader hanged in effigy by the mob. |
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Effigy
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n. pl. ef·fi·gies
[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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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.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| 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" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
effigy [ˈefidʒi] noun
a likeness of a person, animal etc (in wood, stone etc)
Example: effigies of Buddha
Example: effigies of Buddha
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Effigy
Ef*fig"i*ate\, v. t. [L. effigiatus, p. p. of effigiare to form, fr. effigies. See Effigy.] To form as an effigy; hence, to fashion; to adapt. [He must] effigiate and conform himself to those circumstances. --Jer. Taylor.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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