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noun
1.
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
4.
Fine Arts. a full-scale design for a picture, ornamental motif or pattern, or the like, to be transferred to a fresco, tapestry, etc.
adjective
5.
resembling a cartoon or caricature: The novel is full of predictable, cartoon characters, never believable as real people.
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Cartoonist
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
verb (used with object)
6.
to represent by a cartoon.
verb (used without object)
7.
to draw cartoons.
Origin:
1665–75; < Italian cartone pasteboard, stout paper, a drawing on such paper, equivalent to cart(a) paper (see carte) + -one augmentative suffix
1665–75; < Italian cartone pasteboard, stout paper, a drawing on such paper, equivalent to cart(a) paper (see carte) + -one augmentative suffix
Related forms
car·toon·ish, adjective
car·toon·ist, noun
un·car·tooned, adjective
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| cartoon (kɑːˈtuːn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a humorous or satirical drawing, esp one in a newspaper or magazine, concerning a topical event |
| 2. | Also called: comic strip a sequence of drawings in a newspaper, magazine, etc, relating a comic or adventurous situation |
| 3. | See animated cartoon |
| 4. | a full-size preparatory sketch for a fresco, tapestry, mosaic, etc, from which the final work is traced or copied |
| [C17: from Italian cartone pasteboard, sketch on stiff paper; see | |
| car'toonist | |
| —n | |
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