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noun, plural -gies.
Idiom1.
a representation or image, especially 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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Example Sentences
- After his death, she solicited donations of mannequins on a radio show so an effigy could be fashioned.
- Walk along the footpath and experience the mystery and power of this effigy.
- The highlight will occur at dusk with the destruction of the effigy.
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Word Origin & History
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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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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