Pre-Raph‧ae‧lite /ˌpriː ˈræfəlaɪt $ -ˈræfiə-/ adjective
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Raphael (Raffaello Santi) (1483-1520), Italian painter]

1. relating to the members of a group of late 19th-century English painters and artists:
a Pre-Raphaelite painting

2. used to describe a woman’s hair that is long and curly
—Pre-Raphaelite noun [countable]

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