oleograph

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

noun

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

oleograph

/ ˌəʊlɪˈɒɡrəfɪ; ˌəʊlɪəˈɡræfɪk; -ˌɡræf; ˈəʊlɪəˌɡrɑːf /

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

• 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

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

Example Sentences

Sylvia had a vague impression of too much furniture, which was confirmed when Mrs. Gonner lit a gas-jet over the mantelpiece; she looked round distastefully at the double-bed pushed against the wall, at the crimson vases painted with butterflies, at the faded oleograph of two children on the edge of a precipice with a guardian angel behind them, whose face had at some time been eaten away by mice.

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How often his had heard her tell the story, how often expatiate on the beauties of that skilful imitation of an oleograph!

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She made you feel that part of his glory had entered into Janet Spence when she tendered him that half-crown for the copy of the oleograph.

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Oleograph, ō′lē-ō-graf, n. a print in oil-colours to imitate an oil-painting.—n.

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One evening he acquired a vividly coloured oleograph in a gilt frame, which depicted a yawning grave, whilst in the distance an angel was to be seen carrying a very material-looking spirit to heaven.

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