Effigy Definition
ĕfə-jē
effigies
noun
effigies
A crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group.
American Heritage
A portrait, statue, or the like, esp. of a person; likeness; often, a crude representation of a despised person.
Webster's New World
A likeness of a person.
Wiktionary
idiom
in effigy
- Symbolically, especially in the form of an effigy:
The deposed dictator was burned in effigy by the crowd.
American Heritage
burn (<i>or</i> hang) in effigy
- to burn (or hang) an image of (a person) in public, as a way of protesting, as against that person's policies
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Effigy
Noun
Singular:
effigyPlural:
effigiesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Effigy
- in effigy
- burn (or hang) in effigy
Origin of Effigy
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French effigie from Latin effigiēs likeness from effingere to portray ex- ex- fingere to shape dheigh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French effigie, from Latin effigiēs (“likeness, effigy”), from effingō (“represent, portray”).
From Wiktionary
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