Car"i*ca*ture (?), 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.
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.]
The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature.
I. Taylor.
A grotesque caricature of virtue.
Macaulay.
© Webster 1913.
Car"i*ca*ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caricatured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caricaturing.]
To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.
He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand.
Lord Lyttelton.
© Webster 1913.