centi-. prefix. 1. denoting one hundredthSymbol: c: centimetre. 2. denoting a hundred: centipede.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Effigy. An effigy is a representation of a specific person, especially in the form of sculpture or some other three-dimensional medium. Effigies are common elements of funerary art, especially as a recumbent effigy in stone or metal placed on a tomb.
LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. noun. An effigy of Guy Fawkes for bonfire night. An effigy of Guy Fawkes for bonfire night. The definition of an effigy is a statue or likeness of a person. 1  An example of an effigy is the forty foot center piece structure of a man that is burned on Saturday night of the Burning Man festival. 2  An example of an effigy is a stuffed cloth figure of a dictator that is dragged through the streets by a mob.