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   Ef·fi·gy

   /ˈefəjē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a sculpture or model of a person: "coins bearing the effigy of Maria Theresa of Austria"
   • ▪ a roughly made model of a particular person, made in order to be damaged or destroyed as a protest or expression of anger: "the senator was burned in effigy"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin effigies, from effingere ‘to fashion (artistically)’, from ex- ‘out’ + fingere ‘to shape’.

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   What does effigy mean?

   • , plural ef·fi·gies. a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument. a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes of ridicule. a leader hanged in effigy by the mob. see in effigy. Somebody built an effigy of President Peña Nieto that was 20 feet high.

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   What are effigies in art?

   • Effigies are common elements of funerary art, especially as a recumbent effigy in stone or metal placed on a tomb. Figures damaged, destroyed or paraded in order to harm the person represented by magical means, or merely to insult them or their memory are also called effigies.

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   Where does effigy come from?

   • Did you know? An earlier sense of effigy is "a likeness of a person shaped out of stone or other materials," so it's not surprising to learn that effigy derives, by way of Middle French, from the Latin effigies, which, in turn, comes from the verb effingere ("to form"), a combination of the prefix ex- and fingere, which means "to shape."

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   Where does the word effigie come from?

   • borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French effigie, borrowed from Latin effigiēs "representation, copy, specter," from effig-, variant stem of effingere "to shape, portray, copy" (from ef-, variant before f of ex- ex- entry 1 + fingere "to mold, fashion, make a likeness of") + -iēs, deverbal noun suffix — more at feign

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   Effigy definition: a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument.. See examples of EFFIGY used in a sentence.

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   4 days ago · effigy in American English. (ˈefɪdʒi) noun Word forms: plural -gies. 1. a representation or image, esp. sculptured, as on a monument. 2. a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes of ridicule. 3. See in effigy.

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   effigy meaning: a model of a person: . Learn more.

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   The meaning of EFFIGY is an image or representation especially of a person; especially : a crude figure representing a hated person. How to use effigy in a sentence.

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   Mar 13, 2024 · effigy (plural effigies) A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated. In England on Bonfire Night, an effigy is often burned. A likeness of a person. All around, terrace by terrace, there went marble lawns well guarded by onyx lions and carved with effigies of all the gods striding amid the symbols of the ...

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