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English

Alternative forms

• caricatura (archaic)

Etymology

From French caricature, from Italian caricatura.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæ??k?t???/, (rare) /k????k?t???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæ??k?t???/

Noun

caricature (plural caricatures)

1. A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
2. A grotesque misrepresentation.

Derived terms

• caricaturise (uncommon), caricaturisation, caricaturish

Translations

Verb

caricature (third-person singular simple present caricatures, present participle caricaturing, simple past and past participle caricatured)

1. To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.

Derived terms

• caricaturist

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caricatura, from the verb caricare (“to load; to exaggerate”), cognate with French charger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.?i.ka.ty?/
• Homophone: caricatures
• Rhymes: -y?

Noun

caricature f (plural caricatures)

1. caricature

Derived terms

Further reading

• “caricature” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

caricature f

1. plural of caricatura

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?ika?tu?e/, [ka.?i.ka?t?u.?e]

Verb

caricature

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of caricaturar.

English

Alternative forms

• golliwogg (original spelling, dropped within nine years of publication)

Etymology

Probably a blend of golly +? polliwog Coined for the illustrations by Florence Kate Upton for her mother Bertha Upton?s 1895 children?s book, The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls — and a ‘Golliwogg’.

Pronunciation

Noun

golliwog (plural golliwogs)

1. A rag doll or mascot in the form of a caricature of a black minstrel.
2. (dated, racist, offensive) A black person.
3. (Australia) A hairy caterpillar. [From 1920.]
4. A receiver of stolen goods. [From ca 1930.]
5. (rhyming slang as "the golliwogs") Greyhound racing: the jolly dogs.

Related terms

• wog

Translations

References

• David Pilgrim, The Golliwog Caricature, 2000 http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/golliwog/
• Bob Dixon, Racism:  All Things White and Beautiful http://www.peace-workshop.freeuk.com/AllthingsWhiteandBeautiful.htm
• The Oxford English Dictionary.
• golliwog at OneLook Dictionary Search