ymage

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French and Anglo-Norman ymage, from Latin imāgō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (similarity, resemblance).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈmaːd͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

ymage (plural ymages)

  1. image, depiction (visual representation):
    1. idol, icon (an image as a religious focus)
    2. (rare) A sculpture or effigy used in occult arts.
  2. Likeness, closeness; the state of being similar.
  3. A likeness; something that is similar or akin.
  4. The (real or mental) appearance or form of something.
  5. (rare) A scarecrow (effigy for scaring animals away)
  6. (rare) A deceptive form; an apparition.

Descendants

  • English: image
  • Scots: eemage, emage

References

Old French

Noun

ymage oblique singular, f (oblique plural ymages, nominative singular ymage, nominative plural ymages)

  1. Alternative form of image
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