ymage
Middle English
Alternative forms
- image, emage, hymage
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)
- image, depiction (visual representation):
- idol, icon (an image as a religious focus)
- (rare) A sculpture or effigy used in occult arts.
- Likeness, closeness; the state of being similar.
- A likeness; something that is similar or akin.
- The (real or mental) appearance or form of something.
- (rare) A scarecrow (effigy for scaring animals away)
- (rare) A deceptive form; an apparition.
Related terms
- ymagen
- ymageour
- ymagerie
- ymagynen
Descendants
- English: image
- Scots: eemage, emage
References
- “imāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Noun
ymage f (oblique plural ymages, nominative singular ymage, nominative plural ymages)
- Alternative form of image