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effigy

/ˈefɪdʒi/EH-fih-jee
/ˈɛfɪdʒi/EH-fih-jee

Meaninga shaped figure

Common meaning: a model of a person

‘out’ + ‘to shape, mould’ → effigy

Journey through time

  1. Latinfingō, fīnxī, fictum; figūra‘to shape, mould’
  2. Englisheffigy‘a model of a person’ · today

ef- also in: effecteffeteefforteffulgenteffervescent

fig also in: figurefigmentfeignfiction

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin fingō ‘to shape, mould; to invent’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry fingō, p. 750 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

feignfictionfigmentfigure

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