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Origin:
1665–75; < It cartone pasteboard, stout paper, a drawing on such paper, equiv. to cart ( a ) paper + -one aug. suffix
—Related forms
car·toon·ish, adjective
car·toon·ist, noun
un·car·tooned, adjective
—Can be confused: 1. burlesque, caricature, cartoon, parody, satire ); 2. carton, cartoon.