caricature
noun
a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Perhaps he may have been caricaturing "the ingenious gentleman" of La Mancha.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by John Augustus O'Shea