effigy[noun]Synonyms: likeness, dummy, figure, guy, icon, idol, image, picture, portrait, representation, statue
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ef‧fi‧gy /ˈefədʒi, ˈefɪdʒi/
noun (
plural effigies)
[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: effigies, from effingere 'to form']
1. [countable] a
statue of a famous person
effigy of
an effigy of Saint Francis2. [uncountable] a roughly made, usually ugly, model of someone you dislike:
a threat to burn the president in effigy [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲