oleograph

[ oh-lee-uh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

1. a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.

oleograph

/ ˈəʊlɪəˌɡrɑːf; ˌəʊlɪˈɒɡrəfɪ; -ˌɡræf; ˌəʊlɪəˈɡræfɪk /

noun

1. a chromolithograph printed in oil colours to imitate the appearance of an oil painting
2. the pattern formed by a drop of oil spreading on water

Derived Forms

• oleographic, adjective
• oleography, noun

Other Words From

• o·le·o·graph·ic [oh-lee-, uh, -, graf, -ik], adjective
• o·le·og·ra·phy [oh-lee-, og, -r, uh, -fee], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of oleograph¹

First recorded in 1870–75; oleo- + -graph

Example Sentences

Between the dirtysugar sands of the desert and the oleograph sky it was a third band of brilliant color, monstrously outofplace.

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Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.

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Near it was a violent oleograph of a lemon-coloured child assaulting an inflammatory butterfly.

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As I lay in bed I found myself looking at an oleograph which hung on the wall opposite my bed.

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It was an oleograph commonplace picture of a girl holding a rose and leaning out of a balcony, an arch forming the background.

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