— effigial /i fij"ee euhl/ , adj.
/ef"i jee/ , n. , pl. effigies .
1. a representation or image, esp. sculptured, as on a monument.
2. a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes of ridicule.
3. in effigy , in public view in the form of an effigy: a leader hanged in effigy by the mob.
[ 1530-40; ( effigia, equiv. to effig- ( ef- EF- + fig- shape, form; see FIGURE) + -ia -Y 3 ]