Definitions

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to the style called preraphaelitism; as, a preraphaelite figure; a preraphaelite landscape.
  • noun One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates preraphaelitism.

Etymologies

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pre- + Raphael + -ite

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Examples

  • Very preraphaelite, but richer in colour and more theatrical.

    Metropolitan Museum of Illustration James Gurney 2010

  • Impressionism in art _versus_ the preraphaelite school.

    Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Debate Index Second Edition Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

  • This, with Mrs. Saltillo's somewhat precise preraphaelite drawings and water-colors, vilely reproduced by woodcuts, gave quite a sensational air to her production, which, divided into parts, for two or three days filled a whole page of the paper.

    Stories in Light and Shadow Bret Harte 1869

  • Paul the octopus and the secrets of the universe | Padraig Reidy preraphaelite

    The Guardian World News Padraig Reidy 2010

  • Roman78 20 September 2011 12:34PM cantliz 20 September 2011 12:34PM preraphaelite 20 September 2011 12:38PM

    The Guardian World News Bill Bailey 2011

  • Next to a Greek statue (I mean a real old Greek one; for I am a thoroughly anti-preraphaelite benighted pagan heathen in taste, and intend some day to get up a

    Prose Idylls, New and Old Charles Kingsley 1847

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