意味(日本語)

像、彫像、肖像、(呪うための)人形(ひとがた)

語源

• fi(n)g, fict- : L.fingere = to feign(いつわる); 過去分子形fictus

意味(英語)

• (noun) A crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group.
• (noun) A likeness or image, especially of a person.
• (idiom) in effigy Symbolically, especially in the form of an effigy: The deposed dictator was burned in effigy by the crowd.

例文

• I've been guilty of hanging PETA in effigy many times here on this site alone.