effigy

[ ef-i-jee ]
/ ˈɛf ɪ dʒi /

noun, 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.

Idioms for effigy

    in effigy, in public view in the form of an effigy: a leader hanged in effigy by the mob.

Origin of effigy

1530–40; (< Middle French) < Latin effigia, equivalent to effig- ( ef- ef- + fig- shape, form; see figure) + -ia -y3

OTHER WORDS FROM effigy

ef·fig·i·al [ih-fij-ee-uh l] /ɪˈfɪdʒ i əl/, adjective

Words nearby effigy

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British Dictionary definitions for in effigy

effigy
/ (ˈɛfɪdʒɪ) /

noun plural -gies

a portrait of a person, esp as a monument or architectural decoration
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)

Derived forms of effigy

effigial (ɪˈfɪdʒɪəl), adjective

Word Origin for effigy

C18: from Latin effigiēs, from effingere to form, portray, from fingere to shape

Idioms and Phrases with in effigy (1 of 2)

in effigy

Symbolically. For example, That umpire was completely unfair—let's burn him in effigy. Now used only figuratively, this term formerly signified a way of carrying out the sentence of a criminal who had escaped, such as burn in effigy or hang in effigy. A dummy was made of the criminal or a detested political figure and subjected to the prescribed punishment. [c. 1600]

Idioms and Phrases with in effigy (2 of 2)

effigy

see in effigy.