Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November). · A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright". · A man or boy; a fellow. · A person (see usage notes).
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November. · To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
Coined by semantic widening from the name of Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), an English Catholic executed for his role in the Gunpowder Plot, which also came to refer to effigies of his image burned annually on Guy Fawkes Night. The name Guy is from Old French Gui, from a Frankish form of Proto-West Germanic *Widō (compare Old Dutch Wido), a short form of names beginning with the element *widu (“wood”), from Proto-Germanic *widuz. Cognate with Italian Guido. Doublet of guido.
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