[Ads-l] antedating singular "effigies"

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Portrait or likeness." OED marks this "archaic," with a primary date of
1615.

1601 R. Lynche, trans., Giovanni Nanni _An historical treatise of the
travels of Noah into Europe_ (London: Adam Islip) [unp.] [EEBO]: *Arno*
signifieth a Lion, and *Musarno* the portraiture or *effigies* of a Lyon.

JL

-- 
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org