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[kɑːˈtuːn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a simple drawing showing the features of its subjects in a humorously exaggerated way, especially a satirical one in a newspaper or magazine
(e.g: the minister faced a welter of hostile headlines and mocking cartoons)
- a film using animation techniques to photograph a sequence of drawings rather than real people or objects
(e.g: we watched Yogi Bear cartoons on TV)
- a full-size drawing made by an artist as a preliminary design for a painting or other work of art
(e.g: the tapestries are based on a set of cartoons commissioned by Pope Leo XI)
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Origin
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late 16th century (in cartoon): from Italian cartone, from carta, from Latin carta, charta (see card). cartoon dates from the mid 19th century
[kɑːˈtuːn], (Verb)
Definitions:
- make a drawing of (someone) in a simplified or exaggerated way
(e.g: she has a face with enough character to be cartooned)
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Origin
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late 16th century (in cartoon): from Italian cartone, from carta, from Latin carta, charta (see card). cartoon dates from the mid 19th century
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