effigial
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Effigial
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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| —n , pl -gies | |
| 1. | a portrait of a person, esp as a monument or architectural decoration |
| 2. | a crude representation of someone, used as a focus for contempt or ridicule and often hung up or burnt in public (often in the phrases burn or hang in effigy) |
| [C18: from Latin effigiēs, from effingere to form, portray, from fingere to shape] | |
| effigial | |
| —adj | |
| effigy (ˈɛfɪdʒɪ) | |
| —n , pl -gies | |
| 1. | a portrait of a person, esp as a monument or architectural decoration |
| 2. | a crude representation of someone, used as a focus for contempt or ridicule and often hung up or burnt in public (often in the phrases burn or hang in effigy) |
| [C18: from Latin effigiēs, from effingere to form, portray, from fingere to shape] | |
| effigial | |
| —adj | |
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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" (see fiction). The Latin word was regarded as plural and the -s was lopped off by 18c.
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