I. ˈefəjē, -ji noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle French effigie, from Latin effigies, from effingere to form, fashion, portray, from ex- + fingere to form, shape — more at dough
: a full or partial representation especially of a person: as
a. : a sculptured likeness
the old man himself sits in bronze effigy on a cornerstone — Lawrence Constable
b. : a portrait on a coin
in those distant days when the only representation of the sovereign was a rough-drawn effigy on coin or seal — R.T.B.Fulford
c. : a crude figure often in the form of a stuffed dummy that is tortured or disposed of (as by burning or hanging) to represent treatment felt to be due to a person who is the object of hatred — see guy IV 1
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
: to represent by an effigy