effigy
noun/ˈefɪdʒi/
/ˈefɪdʒi/
(plural effigies)
- a statue of a famous person, a saint or a god
- stone effigies in the church
- a model of a person that makes them look ugly
- The demonstrators burned a crude effigy of the president.
- in effigy The president was burnt in effigy.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin effigies, from effingere ‘to fashion (artistically)’, from ex- ‘out’ + fingere ‘to shape’.
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