effigy
11effigy — See: HANG IN EFFIGY or BURN IN EFFIGY …
12effigy — See: HANG IN EFFIGY or BURN IN EFFIGY …
13Effigy — A commemorative representation of an individual, especially in sculpture or medals. The earliest tomb effigies of the Renaissance showed the deceased as a corpse, with the Tomb of Mary of Hungary (1325; Naples, Santa Maria Donnaregina) by… …
14effigy — n. to burn; hang smb. in effigy * * * [ efɪdʒɪ] hang smb. in effigy to bum …
15effigy — [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).… …
16effigy — See: hang in effigy or burn in effigy …
17effigy — [[t]e̱fɪʤi[/t]] effigies 1) N COUNT An effigy is a quickly and roughly made figure, often ugly or amusing, that represents someone you hate or feel contempt for. 2) N COUNT An effigy is a statue or carving of a famous person. [FORMAL] …
18effigy — 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… …
19effigy — 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 …
20effigy — [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).… …
