单词 | caricature |
释义 | caricaturen. 1. a. In Art. Grotesque or ludicrous representation of persons or things by exaggeration of their most characteristic and striking features. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > grotesque antic1532 caricaturaa1682 caricaturing1758 caricature1827 1827 T. B. Macaulay Machiavelli in Ess. (1851) I. 50 The best portraits are perhaps those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature. 1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §13. 4 A thorough destruction of beauty and regularity by exaggerated characterizing is caricature. 1865 Wright (title) History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art. b. transferred of literary description, etc. ΚΠ 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. i. 5 Stories..which..illustrate, if only by caricature, some real feature in his character. 2. a. A portrait or other artistic representation, in which the characteristic features of the original are exaggerated with ludicrous effect. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > an artistic representation > grotesque grotesque1643 caricatura1712 niddy-noddy1722 caricature1748 1748 H. Walpole Let. 25 July in Corr. (1941) IX. 64 They look like caricatures done to expose them. 1788 Storer in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1861) II. 207 A pleasant caricature of Lady Archer is lately come out. 1826 S. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 88/1 You may draw caricatures of your intimate friends. 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxviii. 128 His marked features stood out so strongly that it made his face seem almost like a caricature of himself. b. transferred of literary or ideal representation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > [noun] > by caricature caricatura1732 caricature1756 travestissement1824 travestiment1832 caricaturing1859 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > parody or burlesque parody1607 burlesque1667 travestya1668 caricatura1732 caricature1756 skit1820 take-off1845 1756 Connoisseur No. 114 Their ideal caricatures have perhaps often represented me lodged at least three stories from the ground. 1841–44 R. W. Emerson Nominalist & Realist in Wks. (1906) I. 254 If you criticise a fine genius, the odds are that you are..censuring your own caricature of him. 1853 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (ed. 2) 245 An early Puritan comes down to us as a distorted caricature, known only as misrepresented in the next century by profligate wits and unscrupulous enemies. 3. An exaggerated or debased likeness, imitation, or copy, naturally or unintentionally ludicrous. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > caricature or pastiching > caricature or pastiche caricatura1752 caricature1767 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [noun] > by imitation > an act or instance of parody1607 caricatura1752 burlesque1753 caricature1767 take-off1845 send-up1958 piss-take1975 1767 Sir T. Meredith in Burke's Corr. (1844) I. 129 You are a caricature of St. Thomas, not to believe, till you saw, what I could do in an election. 1827 W. Irving Chron. Wolfert's Roost (1855) 222 Where they were served with a caricature of French cookery. 1860 S. Smiles Self-help (new ed.) ix. 251 The monkey, that caricature of our species. 4. attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [adjective] > grotesque caricaturaa1682 caricature1839 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. vii. 163 A caricature-likeness of the common swallow. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xl. 365 A rough caricature drawing by one of the men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2019). caricaturev. a. transitive. To represent or portray in caricature; to make a grotesque likeness of. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > represent in art [verb (transitive)] > grotesquely caricature1760 1760 G. Lyttelton Dialogues of Dead iv He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand. 1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. iv. 79 In revenge for this epistle, Hogarth caricaturaed [1782 caricatured] Churchill under the form of a canonical bear. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. App. xxiv. 411 The appointed fate of the Renaissance architects,—to caricature whatever they imitated. b. transferred and figurative. To burlesque. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > misrepresent [verb (transitive)] > by caricature travesty1667 travesteere1672 caricature1749 parody1801 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (transitive)] > ridicule or mock by imitation mocka1616 buffoon1638 mimic1671 burlesque1676 parody1733 caricature1749 to take off1750 travesty1825 grotesque1875 cartoon1884 spoof1927 to send up1931 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas 431 It would be caricaturing the peerage to confer it on me. 1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. (1873) iv. vii. 307 The Faith once given to the saints is grievously caricatured. Derivatives Hence (from the noun and verb) (For pronunciation see the noun.) caricaˈturable adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [adjective] > mockingly imitative > ridiculed by imitation > able to be parodiable1872 caricaturable1886 1886 Sat. Rev. 31 July 170 A grotesque and caricaturable ugliness. caricatured adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > [adjective] > by caricature travest1656 travesty1664 travestied1677 caricatured1813 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [adjective] > mockingly imitative > ridiculed by imitation travesty1664 travestied1677 caricatured1813 spoofed1958 1813 Examiner 5 Apr. 223/1 Those caricatured rogues which give eclat to celebrated plays. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [adverb] > in mockingly imitative manner caricaturely1793 burlesquely1817 parodistically1840 1793 C. Macklin Love a la Mode (authorized ed.) i. 10 His manner..has something so caricaturely risible in it. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > [noun] > artist > caricaturist caricaturer1758 caricaturist1798 distortionist1864 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [noun] > by imitation > one who burlesquer1657 caricaturer1758 caricaturist1798 spoofer1914 piss-taker1976 society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > humorous writer > of parody or burlesque burlesquer1657 parodist1749 caricaturer1758 caricaturist1798 1758 Monthly Rev. 19 319 The most eminent Caracaturers of these times. caricaturing n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > grotesque antic1532 caricaturaa1682 caricaturing1758 caricature1827 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > [noun] > by caricature caricatura1732 caricature1756 travestissement1824 travestiment1832 caricaturing1859 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [noun] > by imitation mock1646 travestya1668 burlesquing1677 parody1730 burlesque1753 taking off1755 ludicrism1830 masquerade1847 caricaturing1859 charade1871 spoofing1920 piss-taking1967 1758 Monthly Rev. 19 319 All the humourous effects of the fashionable manner of Caracaturing. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. xiv. 103 With beer-drinking, pipe-smoking, song-roaring, and infinite caricaturing of woe. caricaturish adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > parodic or burlesque doggerel?1550 burlesquea1700 parodiousa1704 parodical1774 parodial1807 caricaturish1819 parodic1828 parodistic1845 1819 Blackwood's Mag. 5 401 Either that..they are rude or weak, caricaturish or insufficient. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1748v.1749 |
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