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oleograph
[ oh-lee-uh-graf, -grahf ]
noun
- a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.
oleograph
/ ˌəʊlɪˈɒɡrəfɪ; ˌəʊlɪəˈɡræfɪk; -ˌɡræf; ˈəʊlɪəˌɡrɑːf /
noun
- a chromolithograph printed in oil colours to imitate the appearance of an oil painting
- the pattern formed by a drop of oil spreading on water
Derived Forms
- oleography, noun
- oleographic, adjective
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
Example Sentences
Between the dirtysugar sands of the desert and the oleograph sky it was a third band of brilliant color, monstrously outofplace.
Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.
Near it was a violent oleograph of a lemon-coloured child assaulting an inflammatory butterfly.
As I lay in bed I found myself looking at an oleograph which hung on the wall opposite my bed.
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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