If you came across the phrase “in portrait,” it was probably in a news report about protesters burning a stuffed figure that was supposed to look like a hated business leader or head of state. Since the 18th century or more, effigies have been destroyed in place of individuals who, as far as the angry mob is concerned, have escaped justice. Portrait may also refer to a sculptural portrait of the deceased lying on a funerary monument. If diplomatic relations continue to deteriorate, an effigy of the Queen may not be far behind. Even if they did not receive it, the funeral rites were duly paid for with an effigy of the deceased. In modern parlance, portrait most often refers to an image, such as a mannequin, that is hanged, burned, or otherwise abused during protest against the actions of the despised person. Someone built a 20-foot-tall effigy of President Peña Nieto. He has his effigy in armor, with a herminized cloak, his feet resting against a lion`s sunset. It was Alderman Henry Smith, whose grave and effigy in the parish church are so striking.
Sedgrave, the mayor who had sat quietly during the previous service, brought a rosary and prayed openly before the bloody image. In South Carolina, he appeared “hanging from a seventy foot gallows” to the right of another stamp collector`s effigy. An earlier meaning of the portrait is “an image of a person carved from stone or other materials”, so it is not surprising to learn that the image is derived via Middle French from the Latin effises, which in turn come from the verb effingere (“to form”), a combination of the prefix âex and fingere, meaning “to form”. Fingere is the common ancestor of a number of other English names that name things you can shape. A fiction is a story that you create with your imagination. Even fantasies are shaped by imagination; It`s something you imagine or invent. A figure can be a number, shape, or image that you shape by drawing or writing. Picket signs denounced IBM customers in Texas as “traitors,” while the University of Wisconsin`s YAF hung a cardboard photo of a computer outside Madison`s office. The last flickering embers of the burning effigy were extinguished, and the scene was almost dark. Therefore, on those great carts that the Americans pulled through the city on the Pope`s Day, the pope himself and his infernal lord were made into effigies that looked ridiculous but also monstrous, dressed in tar and feathers.
Meanwhile, anti-Thatcher campaigners in South Yorkshire burned an effigy of the controversial leader. When civilian President Maduro burns in portrait, soldiers can still warm their hands around the flames. In May, an effigy of FitzPatrick was burned on the streets of Dublin. These sample sentences are automatically selected from various online information sources to reflect the current use of the word “image”. The views expressed in the examples do not represent the views of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us your feedback. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! borrowed from Middle French and Latin; Middle French effigie, borrowed from Latin effigiÄs “representation, copy, ghost”, portrait, variant of effingere “form, representation, copy” (from ef-, variant before f of ex- entrée 1 + finger “form, form, make an image”) + -iÄs, nominal deverbal suffix â plus to pretend. Theme music by Joshua Stamper 2006©New Jerusalem Music/ASCAP.
It was a festive affair, with a balloon rising into the sky and effigies of notorious abolitionists burned under their feet along with the newspapers. Find the answers online with Practical English Usage, your go-to guide to problems in English. Find out which words work together and create more natural English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app. They lit candles in their windows and in front of the many effigies of Maradona that dotted the streets and homes of Naples, often next to saints.