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effigy [ˈɛfɪdʒɪ] n pl -gies
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a portrait of a person, esp as a monument or architectural decoration 2. 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) [from Latin effigiēs, from effingere to form, portray, from fingere to shape] effigial [ɪˈfɪdʒɪəl] adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
effigy Translations effigy n effigy [ˈefidʒi] a likeness of a person, animal etc (in wood, stone etc) effigies of Buddha. afbeeldsel, beeltenis صورَه (على خَشَب ، حَجَر) изображение zpodobení statue das Abbild ομοίωμα efigie kujutis تندیس؛ آدمک ihmishahmo effigie צֶלֶם, דְמוּת प्रतिमा slika kép(más) tiruan eftirmynd; stytta effigie, effige 彫像 조상(彫像) atvaizdas, iškamša, skulptūra (kokā, akmenī veidots) attēls; veidols patung Buddha beeltenis bilde, statue podobizna efígie efigie изображение; чучело obraz, postava, figúra podoba figura avbildning, figur, docka รูปจำลองที่สร้างขึ้นเพื่อล้อเลียนคนที่ไม่ชอบ kukla, model 雕像 зображення انسانی مجسمہ hình vẽ; hình nộm 雕像 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The other was meant for the effigy of Andrew Oliver, a gentleman belonging to one of the most respectable families in Massachusetts. Opposite the door was a life-size and hideous effigy of a grinning god, made of wood and painted in many colours. As I leaned over the railing and gazed upon the strange effigy and watched the play of the feathery head-dress, stirred by the same breeze which in low tones breathed amidst the lofty palm-trees, I loved to yield myself up to the fanciful superstition of the islanders, and could almost believe that the grim warrior was bound heavenward. |
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