oleograph

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

/ ˈoʊ li əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.

Nearby words

olenek, oleo, oleo oil, oleo strut, oleo-, oleograph, oleographic, oleography, oleomargarine, oleophilic, oleoresin

Origin of oleograph

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

Related formso·le·o·graph·ic

[oh-lee-uh-graf-ik] /ˌoʊ li əˈgræf ɪk/, adjectiveo·le·og·ra·phy

[oh-lee-og-ruh-fee] /ˌoʊ liˈɒg rə fi/, noun

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Examples from the Web for oleograph

Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.
Fraternity|John Galsworthy
And his smile is as the smile of the rising sun in an oleograph.
Halima And The Scorpions|Robert Hichens
How often his had heard her tell the story, how often expatiate on the beauties of that skilful imitation of an oleograph!
Mortal Coils|Aldous Huxley
It was an oleograph commonplace picture of a girl holding a rose and leaning out of a balcony, an arch forming the background.
Occultism and Common-Sense|Beckles Willson

Between the dirtysugar sands of the desert and the oleograph sky it was a third band of brilliant color, monstrously outofplace.
Greener Than You Think|Ward Moore

British Dictionary definitions for oleograph

oleograph

/ (ˈəʊlɪəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /

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 Formsoleographic (ˌəʊlɪəˈɡræfɪk), adjectiveoleography (ˌəʊlɪˈɒɡrəfɪ), noun

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