caricature

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CARICATURE, noun A figure or description in which beauties are concealed and blemishes exaggerated, but still bearing a resemblance to the object. CARICATURE, verb transitive To make or draw a caricature; to represent as more ugly than the life.
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