Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAR'I-CA-TURE
CAR'I-CA-TURE, n. [It. caricatura, formed from carica, a load, caricare, to load. See Cargo.]
A figure or description in which beauties are concealed and blemishes exaggerated, but still bearing a resemblance to the object. – Encyc.
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