ef·fi·gy 
(ĕfə-jē)
(ĕfə-jē)n. pl. ef·fi·gies
Idiom: 1. A crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group.
2. A likeness or image, especially of a person.
in effigy
Symbolically, especially in the form of an effigy: The deposed dictator was burned in effigy by the crowd.
[French effigie, from Latin effigiēs, likeness, from effingere, to portray : ex-, ex- + fingere, to shape; see dheigh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
- Indo-European root: me-
- Indo-European root: me-
- Indo-European root: med-
- Indo-European root: medhu-
- Indo-European root: medhyo-
- Indo-European root: meg-
- Indo-European root: mei-
- Indo-European root: mei-
- Indo-European root: meigh-
- Indo-European root: meik-
- Indo-European root: mei-no-
- Indo-European root: mel-
- Indo-European root: mel-
- Indo-European root: mel-
- Indo-European root: melg-
- Indo-European root: melit-
- Indo-European root: melə-
- Indo-European root: men-
- Indo-European root: men-
- Indo-European root: men-
- Indo-European root: men-
- Indo-European root: mendh-
- Indo-European root: menegh-
- Indo-European root: mer-
- Indo-European root: merg-