[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

caricature \car"icature\, n. it. caricatura, fr. caricare to
   charge, overload, exaggerate. see charge, v. t.
   1. an exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts
      or characteristics, as in a picture.
      1913 webster

   2. a picture or other figure or description in which the
      peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as
      to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. formerly
      written caricatura.
      1913 webster

            the truest likeness of the prince of french
            literature will be the one that has most of the look
            of a caricature.                      --i. taylor.
      1913 webster

            a grotesque caricature of virtue.     --macaulay.
      1913 webster
see also:
charge caricatura 

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