Caricature Meaning In English. Caricature definition a picture description etc ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things. His caricature of the mayor in this mornings paper is the best hes ever drawn.
A representation especially in literature or art that has the qualities of caricature His performance in the film was a caricature of a hard-boiled detective. A ludicrously inadequate or inaccurate imitation. A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
The Italian form had been used in English from 1680s and was common 18c.
ˈkrɪkətʃʊə r the art of making a drawing or written or spoken description of someone that usually makes them look silly by making part of their appearance or character more noticeable than it really is. He would sit sometimes in the woods from morning until late afternoon scraping away at fallen. A representation especially in literature or art that has the qualities of caricature His performance in the film was a caricature of a hard-boiled detective. ˈkrɪkətʃʊə r the art of making a drawing or written or spoken description of someone that usually makes them look silly by making part of their appearance or character more noticeable than it really is.
