Căr'i-ca-türe1, n.
(53), n. [Fr. caricature, It. caricatura, from caricare, to charge, overload, exaggerate. See CHARGE, v. t.]
Sense 1. The exaggeration, in a representation, pictorial or otherwise, of that which is characteristic.
Sense 2. A figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous.
The truest likeness of this prince of French literature will be the one that is most of the look of a caricature. J. Taylor.