effigies

[ef-i-jee]

noun, plural ef·fi·gies.

a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument.

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

Idiom

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

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Effigies is always a great word to know.

So is doohickey. Does it mean:

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

Origin:
1530–40; (< Middle French ) < Latin effigia, equivalent to effig- (ef- ef- + fig- shape, form; see figure) + -ia -y³

Related forms

ef·fig·i·al

[ih-fij-ee-uhl] , adjective

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