Definition of Caricatures. Meaning of Caricatures. Synonyms of Caricatures

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Definition of Caricatures

Caricature
Caricature 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.
Caricature
Caricature 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.

Meaning of Caricatures from wikipedia

- combination of both. Caricatures of politicians are commonly used in newspapers and news magazines as political cartoons, while caricatures of movie stars are...
- A caricaturist is an artist who specializes in drawing caricatures. Abed Abdi (born 1942) Abril Lamarque (1904–1999) Al Hirschfeld (1903–2003) Alex Gard...
- nine comic short stories by Daniel Clowes Caricatures (Ange album) Caricatures (Donald Byrd album) La Caricature (1830–1843), a satirical w****ly published...
- His collections of caricatures included Caricatures of Twenty-five Gentlemen (1896), The Poets' Corner (1904), Fifty Caricatures (1913) and Rossetti...
- refugee Alex Gard to draw caricatures in exchange for free food. Even after Gard's death, Sardi's continued to commission caricatures. Following the death...
- on 30 January 1869, a full-page caricature of Benjamin Disraeli appeared. This was the first of over 2,300 caricatures to be published. According to the...
- who have created all the caricatures in the restaurant. In 1979, Vincent Sardi, Jr., donated a collection of 227 caricatures from the restaurant to the...
- Fifty Caricatures is a book of fifty caricatures by English caricaturist, essayist and parodist Max Beerbohm. It was published in 1913 by William Heinemann...
- Graptophyllum pictum, the caricature-plant, is a shrub in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to New Guinea, also a well-known garden shrub. There are...
- is a list of caricatures published by the British magazine Vanity Fair (1868–1914). List of Vanity Fair (British magazine) caricatures (1868–1869) List...