EFFIGY - 12 definitions found
effigy n 1: a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone" [syn: effigy, image, simulacrum] effigy - fagaf effigy 1539, from L. effigies "copy or imitation of something, likeness," related to effingere "mold, fashion, portray," from ex- "out" + fingere "to form, shape." The Latin word was regarded as plural and the -s was lopped off by 18c. effigy See: HANG IN EFFIGY or BURN IN EFFIGY. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) 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 hated person Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary effigy (effigies) 1. An effigy is a quickly and roughly made figure, often ugly or amusing, that represents someone you hate or feel contempt for. N-COUNT 2. An effigy is a statue or carving of a famous person. (FORMAL) N-COUNT English Explanatory Dictionary effigy n. (pl. -ies) a sculpture or model of a person. øin effigy in the form of a (usu. crude) representation of a person. [L effigies f. effingere to fashion] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Effigy \Ef"fi*gy\, n.; pl. Effigies. [L. effigies, fr. effingere to form, fashion; ex + fingere to form, shape, devise. See Feign.] The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits. To burn, or To hang, in effigy, to burn or to hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public odium. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms effigy n. 1. Image, figure, statue, representation, likeness, portrait, effigies. 2. Sepulchral statue, mortuary statue. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 35 Moby Thesaurus words for "effigy": companion, copy, dead ringer, double, duplicate, exact likeness, fellow, icon, idol, image, likeness, living image, living picture, match, mate, miniature, mirroring, model, photograph, picture, portrait, reflection, resemblance, rubbing, semblance, shadow, similitude, simulacrum, spit and image, spitting image, trace, tracing, twin, very image, very picture |
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