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effigy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 in effigy, or To hang in effigy, to burn or to hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public odium.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"image of a person," 1530s, from Middle French effigie (13c.), from Latin effigies "copy or imitation of something, likeness, image, statue," from or related to effingere "to mold, fashion, portray," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + fingere "to form, shape" (see fiction). The Latin word was regarded as plural and the -s was lopped off by 18c. Especially figures made of stuffed clothing; the burning or hanging of them is attested by 1670s. Formerly done by judicial authorities as symbolic punishment of criminals who had escaped their jurisdiction; later a popular expression against persons deemed obnoxious. Related: Effigial.
Wiktionary
n. 1 a dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated. 2 a likeness of a person.
WordNet
n. 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: image, simulacrum]
Wikipedia
An effigy is a representation of a specific person in the form of sculpture or some other three-dimensional medium. The use of the term is normally restricted to certain contexts in a somewhat arbitrary way: recumbent effigies on tombs are so called, but standing statues of individuals, or busts, are usually not. Likenesses of religious figures in sculpture are not normally called effigies. Effigies are common elements of funerary art, especially as a recumbent effigy (in a lying position) in stone or metal placed on a tomb, or a less permanent "funeral effigy", placed on the coffin in a grand funeral, wearing real clothing. Figures, often caricature in style, that are damaged, destroyed or paraded in order to harm the person represented by magical means, or merely to mock or insult them or their memory, are also called effigies.
It is common to burn an effigy of a person ("burn in effigy") as an act of protest.
The word comes, perhaps via French, from the Latin, meaning "representation", and originally was used in English in the plural only – even a single image was "the effigies of ..." The word occurs in Shakespeare's As You Like It of 1600 (II, vii, 193), though it first appeared in 1539. "In effigie" was probably understood as a Latin phrase until the 18th century.
Effigy is a DC Comics supervillain who fought against Green Lantern Kyle Rayner using the flame powers gained from the Controllers.
Effigy, in comics, may refer to:
- Effigy (DC Comics)
- Effigy (Marvel Comics)
Effigy is a 2003 album by Nomy Lamm. It combines accordion, layered vocals, sound effects, and electro-driven drum beats. Lamm's official website states the creative purpose of the album was "to create a heartfelt goodbye to her hometown and its control over her". In the summer of 2003 the album was produced as a full-length theatrical rock show, and Lamm went on the road with it while performing songs from the album.
An effigy is a representation of a person.
Effigy may also refer to:
- Effigy (DC Comics), a DC Comics supervillain
- Effigy (Dungeons & Dragons), an undead creature in Dungeons & Dragons
- Effigy (Marvel Comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
- Effigy (album), a 2003 album by Nomy Lamm
- "Effigy", a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival from the album Willy and the Poor Boys
- "Effigy", a song by Andrew Bird from the album Noble Beast
- "Effigy", a song by Converge from the album Axe to Fall
- "Effigy", a song by Seether from Holding onto Strings Better Left to Fray
- "Effigy (I'm Not an)", a song by Ministry from With Sympathy
- "Effigy", a song by Clutch from the album Transnational Speedway League
- Lady Effigie, a character in the 1966 film Munster, Go Home!, Herman Munster's adopted Aunt
- The Effigies, a punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois
Usage examples of "effigy".
Sir John was three times married, the lady whose effigy is here represented being his third wife, Dorothy, daughter of Sir Amias Bampfylde.
But then how about the assegai that Nomkubulwana, or rather her effigy, had seemed to hold and throw, whereof the blade was at present in my saddle-bag.
Yet, although the Greeks indeed lent their altars to the crusaders for mass, they purged them afterwards, as if they had been profaned Although the Franks had been promised markets for forage, they were obliged, in order to buy necessities, to exchange their silver oboles and their demers, weight by weight, for large bronze coins struck with effigies of the King of Kings, but having no great purchasing value.
The effigies are in alabaster, and retain considerable traces of colour.
Decorated arched recesses containing four effigies of bishops, belonging to the Perpendicular period.
Whether or not they had placed the sinister effigies in the closet of the dead men.
Lying among the shoes were effigies of Daniel and Charles miniature dolls of the magicians.
He gestured around, seeing some of the eerie drawings and effigies placed around.
The writer said that the slanderers had got the ears of the king, and that I was no longer a persona grata at Court, as he had been assured that the Parisians had burnt me in effigy for my absconding with the lottery money, and that I had been a strolling player in Italy and little better than a vagabond.
There was a cry of horror when Trent unceremoniously kicked over the nearest idola yell of panic when the boy, with a gleam of mischief in his eyes, threw out amongst them a worm-eaten, hideous effigy and with a hearty kick stove in its hollow side.
Red and Yellow Siggies were on their way out of our system, leaving us with five smashed cities, innumerable wrecked houses of religion, and more maypole effigies of the Great Pupa than could be counted before they were melted down.
Near the foot of the falls, where the water broadened into a pool among the rocks, the tall trees grew in a straggling circle round an inner group of four, marking the quarters of the moon, where the effigies of the Divine Child, Hyacinthos, nurseling of Artemis, were hung at the time of the full moon.
Next this urn, carefully sealed up, there was another vase, containing three gold rings adorned with precious stones, two gold spurs, the bit of a battle-horse, very slightly rusted, and chased with silver and gold, a sort of seal with rough coat-of-arms, a necklace of large and very choice pearls, a stylet or pencil for calligraphy, and a hundred gold and silver coins bearing the effigy of Domitian, a very wicked emperor, who reigned over Rome and over Gaul in those days.
The lower jaw, perhaps due to some error in taxidermic technique, had gradually pulled away from the face as the unwholesome memento dried out, finally leaving the effigy frozen forever in a stressful but inaudible scream.
Crossing the vault, Vaylo made his way toward the effigy of the Dark King, Burnie Dhoone.