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effigy

Main Entry:: ef·fi·gy
Pronunciation:: \ˈe-fə-jē\
Function:: noun
Inflected Form(s):: plural ef·fi·gies
Etymology:: Middle French effigie, from Latin effigies, from effingere to form, from ex- + fingere to shape — more at dough
Date:: 1539

: an image or representation especially of a person ; especially : a crude figure representing a hated person

— in effigy

: publicly in the form of an effigy <the football coach was burned in effigy>

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