CARICATURE

caricature. Caricature, n. a figure or description in which beauties are concealed, and blemishes exaggerated

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Car″i‐ca‐ture (?), n. [[It. caricatura, fr. caricare to charge, overload, exaggerate. See Charge, v. t.]] 1. 1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.
2. 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.