caricaturist
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- noun
- /ˌkɛrɪkəˈtjʊərɪst/
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caricaturista
- The famous caricaturist was known for capturing the likenesses of celebrities with a humorous twist.
Examples
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Music, dancing, and a caricaturist all added to the fun-filled evening.
Academic text (1994) -
And look at you laughing at the caricaturist who drew you in front of the Eiffel Tower.
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The caricaturist's aim is to distance himself from that other subjectivity by distorting it.
Academic text (1994) -
Furthermore, caricaturist Ricardo Liners has recently toured with The Nada, improvising drawings that are projected on a large screen while the band performs.
Academic text (2014) -
At the carnival, the caricaturist drew amusing portraits of visitors, highlighting their most distinctive features.
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Children giggled as the caricaturist exaggerated their parents' funny expressions on paper.
Synonyms
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A person who draws cartoons for newspapers or magazines
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Someone who copies the style of a writer or artist to make people laugh
A person who draws funny pictures to criticize people or ideas
A person who makes fun of others by copying their words or music in a funny way
A painter who on purpose changes shapes or faces in pictures to make them expressive
How Satirical
Surface Forms
Morphology
caricaturist = caricature (transparent) = caricature + ist
Standard agentive formation from 'caricature' + '-ist' meaning a person who creates or practices caricature.
Etymology
Caricaturist comes from the Italian word caricatura, from the verb caricare meaning 'to load' or 'to exaggerate', plus the ending -ist which means 'a person who does something'. So a caricaturist is someone who 'loads' a face with extra features—big nose, small chin—to make a funny or critical picture.