caricatured
UK[ˈkærɪkətjʊəd]US[ˈkærɪkətʃʊrd]
v
represented in a simplified or exaggerated way for comic or critical effect.
v
made a caricature of.
Morpheme Breakdown
caricature
d
caricature
exaggerated representation
d
past tense/participle suffix
Etymology
the word 'caricatured' is built upon the noun 'caricature', which entered english from italian in the 18th century. the italian 'caricatura' derives from the verb 'caricare', meaning 'to load, burden, or exaggerate', which itself originates from the late latin 'carricare', 'to load a vehicle'. this latin verb is based on 'carrus', a gaulish word for a wagon or cart, signifying a heavy load. thus, the core semantic journey is from the concrete act of overloading a cart to the abstract artistic technique of overloading a portrait with exaggerated features for satirical effect. the addition of the simple english past tense suffix '-d' completes the verb form, indicating the action of having created such an exaggerated representation.
Analysis
Structure: caricature (exaggerated representation) + d (past tense/participle suffix)
caricature (from italian 'caricatura', from 'caricare' meaning 'to load, exaggerate', of latin origin: 'carrus' meaning 'cart, load'); d (english inflectional suffix indicating past tense or past participle).
Examples
the political cartoonist caricatured the mayor with an enormous nose and tiny glasses.
his mannerisms were so distinctive that they were easily caricatured in the comedy sketch.
the actor felt he had been unfairly caricatured by the press during the scandal.