Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - caricature
Caricature
caricature
n. & v. --n. 1 a grotesque usu. comic representation of a person by exaggeration of characteristic traits, in a picture, writing, or mime. 2 a ridiculously poor or absurd imitation or version. --v.tr. make or give a caricature of. Derivatives caricatural adj. caricaturist n. Etymology: F f. It. caricatura f. caricare load, exaggerate: see CHARGE
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I. noun Etymology: Italian caricatura, literally, act of loading, from caricare to load, from Late Latin carricare Date: 1712 exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics, a representation especially in literature or art that has the qualities of ~, a distortion so gross as to seem like ~, caricatural adjective caricaturist noun Synonyms: see: ~ II. transitive verb (-tured; -turing) Date: circa 1771 to make or draw a ~ of ; represent in ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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