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effigial

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ef⋅fi⋅gy

  [ef-i-jee]
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–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 -y 3

Related forms:
ef⋅fig⋅i⋅al  [i-fij-ee-uhl] , adjective
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