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English word caricature comes from Latin carrus, Latin -ico, Italian -tura, and later Latin carrico (I charge (a weapon etc.). I load.)

carrus (Latin)

(Medieval) a load, an English unit of weight. A cartload, a wagonload. A wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart.

-ico (Latin)

Forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes with frequentative meaning.

-tura (Italian)

-ing, -tion, -ure (Used to form nouns relating to the action of specified verbs).

carricare (Late Latin)

carrico (Latin)

I charge (a weapon etc.). I load.

caricare (Italian)

(transitive) to charge, attack. (transitive) to emphasize, overdo. (transitive) to load, to stow. (transitive) to take aboard, hoist, pick up. (transitive) to wind, wind up (of a watch, game, etc.). (transitive, computing) to load (up) (of a program). (transitive, computing) to upload. (transitive, electricity) to charge. (transitive, figuratively) to rouse, fire, pep up.

caricatura (Italian)

Caricature.

caricature (French)

Caricature.

caricature (English)

To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner. A grotesque misrepresentation.. A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.

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