Associations to the word «Effigy»

Wiktionary

EFFIGY, noun. A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.
EFFIGY, noun. A likeness of a person.

Dictionary definition

EFFIGY, noun. A representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats