effigy /ˈɛfəd͡ʒi/noun 2forms 1phrases 1 noun2 •A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.In England on Bonfire Night, an effigy is often burned. •A likeness of a person.All around, terrace by terrace, there went marble lawns well guarded by onyx lions and carved with effigies of all the gods striding amid the symbols of the worlds. — 1906 formseffigies Phrases with effigy in effigyWith a symbol, usually an effigy, substituted for a real person or thing.
