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crayonist

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cray⋅on

  [krey-on, -uhn]
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–noun
1. a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
2. a drawing in crayons.
–verb (used with object)
3. to draw or color with a crayon or crayons.
–verb (used without object)
4. to make a drawing with crayons.
Origin:
1635–45; < F, equiv. to craie chalk (< L crēta clay, chalk) + -on n. suffix

Related forms:
cray⋅on⋅ist, noun
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cray·on   (krā'ŏn', -ən)   
n.  

  1. A stick of colored wax, charcoal, or chalk, used for drawing.

  2. A drawing made with one of these sticks.

tr.v.   cray·oned, cray·on·ing, cray·ons
To draw, color, or decorate with a stick of colored wax, charcoal, or chalk.

[French, diminutive of craie, chalk, from Latin crēta.]
cray'on·ist (-ə-nĭst), cray'on·er (-ə-nər) n.
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Word Origin & History

crayon 
1644, from Fr. crayon "pencil," orig. "chalk pencil," from craie "chalk," from L. creta "chalk."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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