Dictionary - Definition of EFFIGIES

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Definition: EFFIGIES


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. An alternative spelling for "Effigy": The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits.[Websters].
Noun Base (effigy)	1. A representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln".[Wordnet]. 2. The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits.[Websters].
Noun Plural	1. Plural inflection of the noun effigy.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun - plural	1. Of Effigy.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.		Top

Date "Effigies" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1520. (references)

Specialty Definition: EFFIGIES

Domain	Definition
Antiquities	Effigies. See Imagines. (references)
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Specialty Expressions: EFFIGIES

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Monumental Effigies	Literature	In the age of chivalry the woman in monumental brasses and effigies is placed on the man's right hand; but when chivalry declined she was placed on his left hand. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Topics by Level of Interest: EFFIGIES
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)		Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
The Effigies	9		The Effigies	9
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: effigies
Position	Synonyms (sorted by strength)
Noun	effigy, images, likeness, copy, counterpart, facsimile, form, representation, figures, copies, doubles, epitomes, image, model, paradigms, personas, prototypes, resemblance, similarity, similitude, tropes. Consider also: idols, pictures, dummies, appearances, mold, forms, icons, ikons, portraits, representations, sculptures, semblances, similarities, similitudes, conceptions, facsimiles, figurines, gods, guys, scarecrows.
Other	cast.
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Computed Synonyms: effigies

Rank	Intensity	Word	Synonyms	Synonyms of synonym
1	42.2093	effigies	pictures	diagrams, depicts, portrays, paints, shapes
2	41.1092	effigies	portraits	portrayals, descriptions, icons, photos, photographs
3	40.2095	effigies	figures	faces, characters, appearances, calculates, countenances
4	27.1093	effigies	icons	ikons, pictures, figures, pictograms, portraits
5	26.1087	effigies	representations	presentations, diagrams, appearances, characters, shapes
6	21.2093	effigies	shapes	forms, figures, moulds, molds, patterns
7	14.1088	effigies	illustrations	examples, paintings, instances, patterns, plates
8	12.2094	effigies	faces	figures, points, shapes, ends, mugs
9	12.1093	effigies	forms	form, images, standards, natures, schedules
10	11.1092	effigies	paintings	drawings, canvass, dyes, illustrations, dyeings
11	10.1093	effigies	idols	fetishes, deities, icons, figures, pictures
12	10.1092	effigies	diagrams	pictures, images, plots, representations, drafts
13	9.2092	effigies	similitudes	similarities, resemblances, comparisons, semblances, analogies
14	9.2089	effigies	countenances	figures, images, expressions, shapes, views
15	9.1091	effigies	characters	characteristics, figures, types, kinds, shapes
-------------------- 302 synonyms ranked from 16 to 317 abridged --------------------
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100.					Top

Synonyms within Context: effigies
Context	Synonyms within Context
Copy	Effigies, copy, counterpart, effigy, facsimile, form, likeness.
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Translations: EFFIGIES

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Deutsch	Bildnisse (effigies, images). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, effigies. (volunteer & more translations)
German	Bildnisse (effigies, images). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, effigies. (volunteer & more translations)
High German	Bildnisse (effigies, images). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, effigies. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch	Bildnisse (effigies, images). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, effigies. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese	肖像 (portrait, icon, effigy, figure, image), 像 (image, statue, figure, picture, portrait), 似姿 (simulacrum, effigies). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, effigies. (volunteer & more translations)
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Language	Translations for “effigies” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag	athageffathagigathagiathages (effigies). Additional references: Athag, effigies. (volunteer)
Double Dutch	ageffagigagiages (effigies). Additional references: Double Dutch, effigies. (volunteer)
Leet	&\|><~>\|><~>!&!&§ (effigies). Additional references: Leet, effigies. (volunteer)
Oppish	opeffopigopiopes (effigies). Additional references: Oppish, effigies. (volunteer)
Pig Latin	effigiesway (effigies). Additional references: Pig Latin, effigies. (volunteer)
Terran B	Bildisse (effigies). Additional references: Terran B, effigies. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi	ubeffubigubiubes (effigies). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, effigies. (volunteer)
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Ancestral and Extinct Language Translations: EFFIGIES

Language	Period	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Latin	500 BCE - 1700	appartition (effigies, effigy), likeness (effigies, imago), idol (effigies), ideal (effigies, specimen), ghost (effigies), effigy (effigies, ghost, ideal, idol, likeness). Additional references: Latin, effigies. (volunteer)
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