caricature

From French caricature, from Italian caricatura.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæɹɪkətʃʊɚ/, (rare) /kəˈɹɪkətʃʊɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæɹɪkətʃʊə/

caricature (plural caricatures)

1. A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
   • 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     Men In Black 3 lacks the novelty of the first film, and its take on the late ’60s feels an awful lot like a psychedelic dress-up party, all broad caricatures and groovy vibes.

2. A grotesque misrepresentation.
   • Macaulay

     A grotesque caricature of virtue.

caricature (third-person singular simple present caricatures, present participle caricaturing, simple past and past participle caricatured)

1. To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.

• caricaturist

Borrowed from Italian caricatura, from the verb caricare (“to load; to exaggerate”), cognate with French charger.

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁi.ka.tyʁ/

caricature f (plural caricatures)

1. caricature

• caricatural
• caricaturer

• “caricature” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

caricature f

1. plural of caricatura

• IPA^(key): /ka.ɾi.kaˈtu.ɾe/

caricature

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of caricaturar.