zoograph, n.

zoograph
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Revised 2017

# † zoographnoun

## Earlier version

- zoograph in OED Second Edition (1989)

## 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

1. zoogeography, n. 1851–
2. zoogeological, adj. 1841–
3. zoogeologist, n. 1844–
4. zoogeology, n. 1838–
5. zoogloea, n. 1861–
6. zoogloeal, adj. 1879–
7. zoogloeic, adj. 1883–
8. zoogonic, adj. 1787–
9. zoogonidium, n. 1857–
10. zoogony, n. 1675–
11. zoograph, n.1623
12. zoographer, n. 1646–
13. zoographic, adj. 1741–
14. zoographical, adj. 1651–
15. zoographically, adv. 1835–
16. zoographist, n. 1749–1874
17. zoography, n. 1593–
18. zoogyroscope, n. 1880–
19. zooid, n. 1851–
20. zooid, adj. 1849
21. 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.

1. 1623
   = zoographer n. 2.
   1. 1623

      > Zoograph, any one that painteth beasts.

      H. Cockeram, English Dictionarie
   painting
   1. zoograph 1623
      = zoographer, n. 2.
   2. zoographer 1656–
      A painter or artist who specializes in depictions of animals or living creatures. Also (chiefly with specific allusion to ancient Greek or Latin)…
   3. zoographist 1749–1874
      A person who produces descriptions of animals and their characteristics; = zoographer, n. 1.
   4. animal painter 1780–
      A painter of animals, as opposed to landscapes, portraits, narrative pictures, etc.
   5. cattleist 1834–
      A cattle-painter.
   6. animalist 1993–
      A painter or sculptor of animals; a writer of animal stories.
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zoograph, n. was revised in June 2017.

zoograph, n. was last modified in July 2023.