Sunday Rest: effigy. Word Not To Use Today.

 Casting around the internet for a horrid word with which to regale you, I came across several posts containing lists of negative words starting with the letter E. 

What's so special about the letter E? 

Well, I had a look, and I still have no idea.

The word that stood out for me in the lists, though, was effigy, because I'd never before thought of it as a negative word (not like egocentric and emaciated, for example). But, come to think about it, if someone makes an effigy of you then the chances are that you're either dead:

William of Wyckham, Winchester, photo by Poliphilo

or someone is planning either to throw the thing on a bonfire or to stick pins in it - neither exactly a sign of popularity.

As a word, though, personally, I think it's actually rather cuddly.

Sunday Rest: effigy. This word comes from the Latin effigiēs, from effingere, to portray, from fingere, to shape.