Definitions
a material effigy that is worshipped
Word origin
From Middle English ydole, from Old French idole, from Latin idolum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing, image”), from *weyd- (“to see”). Doublet of aidoru, eidolon, and idolum and related to idea.
Used in a sentence
“There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu, There's a little marble cross below the town; There's a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew, And the Yellow God forever gazes down.”
“Tom Cruise is his idol.”
“Sachin Tendulkar is Rohan's idol.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Admired figure”4 letters
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