pre-raphaelite

1. 1.

   a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals

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1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites

   “the Pre-Raphaelite painters”

Questions about pre-raphaelite

What does pre-raphaelite mean?

pre-raphaelite means "a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pre-raphaelite?

pre-raphaelite has 5 syllables: pre--ra-pha-e-lite. The stress falls on "pha".

Is pre-raphaelite a common word?

pre-raphaelite is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.