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Pre-Raphaelite

adjective

NAmE//ˌpri ˈræfiəˌlaɪt//

1connected with or in the style of the Pre-Raphaelites Pre-Raphaelite paintings

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2(especially of a woman) looking like a person in a painting by one of the Pre-Raphaelites, for example with pale skin and long, thick, dark red hair

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