oleograph

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

/ ˈoʊ li əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

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noun

a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.

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Origin of oleograph

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

OTHER WORDS FROM oleograph

o·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

Words nearby oleograph

oleiferous, olein, Olekma, Olenek, oleo, oleograph, oleomargarine, oleo oil, oleophilic, oleoresin, oleoresinous

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How to use oleograph in a sentence

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
Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.
Fraternity|John Galsworthy
Near it was a violent oleograph of a lemon-coloured child assaulting an inflammatory butterfly.
The Four Million|O. Henry
As I lay in bed I found myself looking at an oleograph which hung on the wall opposite my bed.
Occultism and Common-Sense|Beckles Willson

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

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 forms of oleograph

oleographic (ˌəʊlɪəˈɡræfɪk), adjectiveoleography (ˌəʊlɪˈɒɡrəfɪ), noun

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