Main Entry:: car·toon
Pronunciation:: \kär-ˈtün\
Function:: noun
Usage:: often attributive
Etymology:: Italian cartone pasteboard, cartoon, augmentative of carta leaf of paper — more at card
Date:: 1671

1: a preparatory design, drawing, or painting (as for a fresco)2 a: a drawing intended as satire, caricature, or humor <a political cartoon> b: comic strip3: animated cartoon4: a ludicrously simplistic, unrealistic, or one-dimensional portrayal or version <the film's villain is an entertaining cartoon>

— cartoon verb

— car·toon·ing noun

— car·toon·ish

\-ˈtü-nish\ adjective

— car·toon·ish·ly adverb

— car·toon·ist

\-ˈtü-nist\ noun

— car·toon·like

\-ˈtün-ˌlīk\ adjective

— car·toony

\-ˈtü-nē\ adjective

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