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)

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.

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

1. Alternative form of image