Caricature Definition

kărĭ-kə-cho͝or, -chər
caricatured, caricatures, caricaturing
noun
caricatures
A picture or imitation of a person, literary style, etc. in which certain features or mannerisms are exaggerated for satirical effect.
Webster's New World
The act or art of making such caricatures.
Webster's New World
A likeness or imitation that is so distorted or inferior as to seem ludicrous.
Webster's New World
verb
caricatured, caricatures, caricaturing
To depict in or as in a caricature.
Webster's New World
To represent or imitate in an exaggerated, distorted manner.
American Heritage

To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.

Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Caricature

Noun

Singular:
caricature
Plural:
caricatures

Origin of Caricature

  • French from Italian caricatura from caricare to load, exaggerate from Late Latin carricāre from Latin carrus a Gallic type of wagon kers- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French caricature.

    From Wiktionary

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