effigy (noun)

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• effigy — ► NOUN (pl. effigies) ▪ a sculpture or model of a person. ORIGIN Latin effigies, from effingere to fashion …   English terms dictionary

• effigy — noun (C) 1 a figure made of wood, paper, stone etc, that looks like a person, especially one that makes the person look ugly or funny (+ of): an effigy of the prime minister 2 burn/hang sb in effigy to burn or hang a figure of someone at a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• effigy — noun protestors threw water balloon bombs at an effigy of the president Syn: statue, statuette, sculpture, model, dummy, figurine; likeness, image; bust …   Thesaurus of popular words

• effigy — noun (plural gies) Etymology: Middle French effigie, from Latin effigies, from effingere to form, from ex + fingere to shape more at dough Date: 1539 an image or representation especially of a person; especially a crude figure representing a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• effigy — noun /ɛfədʒi/ a) a dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated. b) a likeness of a person. Syn: figure …   Wiktionary

• effigy mound — noun : a prehistoric American Indian burial mound shaped like an animal (as a bird or serpent) …   Useful english dictionary

• effigy — [16] Effigy comes ultimately from the Latin verb effingere ‘form, portray’. This was a compound formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and fingere ‘make, shape’ (source of English faint, feign, fiction, figment, and related to English dairy and dough).… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• effigy — UK [ˈefɪdʒiː] / US [ˈefɪdʒɪ] noun [countable] Word forms effigy : singular effigy plural effigies a model of someone, especially one destroyed in a protest against them …   English dictionary

• effigy — [16] Effigy comes ultimately from the Latin verb effingere ‘form, portray’. This was a compound formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and fingere ‘make, shape’ (source of English faint, feign, fiction, figment, and related to English dairy and dough).… …   Word origins

• effigy — /ˈɛfədʒi / (say efuhjee) noun (plural effigies) 1. a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument or coin. 2. a doll or crude representation of a person, especially one made as an expression of hatred, or to be used in… …  

• effigy — ef|fi|gy [ efıdʒi ] noun count a model of someone, especially one destroyed in a protest against them …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English