effigy
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effigy (ˈɛfɪdʒɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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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.
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Example sentences
Many of these illegal traders operated in the fur-rich region near the effigy mounds.
Walk along the footpath and experience the mystery and power of this effigy.
In some places an effigy representing a witch used to be burnt in the bonfire.
At the end of the week, a 40-foot wooden effigy is set aflame—the burning man.
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