caricaturist
/ˈkeɹəkətʃəəst/KEH-ruh-kuh-chur-uhst
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈkɛɹəkətʃɚəst/KEH-ruh-kuh-chur-uhst
Meaningone who makes caricatures
Common meaning: an artist who draws caricatures
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- caricatura satirical pictureSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 95 · scan
- ista person who does or follows
Journey through time
- Italiancaricatura‘a satirical picture’source
- Late Latincarricare‘load’source
- Englishcaricature‘portrait exaggerating distinctive features’
- Englishformed in English from caricaturecaricaturist‘an artist who draws caricatures’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from caricature + -ist.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CARICATURE, p.95 · scan
Source words
- caricatura Italian · source word “a satirical picture”
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