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† zoographnoun
Factsheet
What does the noun zoograph mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zoograph. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the early 1600s.
Where does the noun zoograph come from?
Earliest known use
early 1600s
The only known use of the noun zoograph is in the early 1600s.
OED's only evidence for zoograph is from 1623, in the writing of Henry Cockeram, lexicographer.
zoograph is a borrowing from Greek.
Etymons: Greek ζῳογράϕος, ζωγράϕος.
Nearby entries
- zoogeography, n.1851–
- zoogeological, adj.1841–
- zoogeologist, n.1844–
- zoogeology, n.1838–
- zoogloea, n.1861–
- zoogloeal, adj.1879–
- zoogloeic, adj.1883–
- zoogonic, adj.1787–
- zoogonidium, n.1857–
- zoogony, n.1675–
- zoograph, n.1623
- zoographer, n.1646–
- zoographic, adj.1741–
- zoographical, adj.1651–
- zoographically, adv.1835–
- zoographist, n.1749–1874
- zoography, n.1593–
- zoogyroscope, n.1880–
- zooid, n.1851–
- zooid, adj.1849
- zooidal, adj.1858–
Etymology
Summary
A borrowing from Greek.
Etymons: Greek ζῳογράϕος, ζωγράϕος.
< Hellenistic Greek ζῳογράϕος, variant (perhaps after ζῷον animal, figure: see zoon n.) of ancient Greek ζωγράϕος person who paints from life or from nature, painter < ζώς (also ζωός) alive (see zoon n.…
< Hellenistic Greek ζῳογράϕος, variant (perhaps after ζῷον animal, figure: see zoon n.) of ancient Greek ζωγράϕος person who paints from life or from nature, painter < ζώς (also ζωός) alive (see zoon n.) + ‑γράϕος ‑graph comb. form.
Meaning & use
Obsolete. rare.
- 1623
- 1623
Zoograph, any one that painteth beasts.
H. Cockeram, English Dictionarie
society leisure the arts visual arts painting and drawing painting painting according to subject [nouns] painting of animals painter- zoograph1623= zoographer, n. 2.
- zoographer1656–A painter or artist who specializes in depictions of animals or living creatures. Also (chiefly with specific allusion to ancient Greek or Latin)…
- zoographist1749–1874A person who produces descriptions of animals and their characteristics; = zoographer, n. 1.
- animal painter1780–A painter of animals, as opposed to landscapes, portraits, narrative pictures, etc.
- cattleist1834–A cattle-painter.
- animalist1993–A painter or sculptor of animals; a writer of animal stories.