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noun

Preraphaelite n.

One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates preraphaelitism.

Popularly, any modern artist thought to be a would-be restorer of early ideas or methods, as one of the German painters often called Nazarenes, or one who paints and draws with extreme minuteness of detail.

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Etymology of 'Preraphaelite'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Preraphaelite" Quotes from Famous Books

... himself. What! flee from an outpost of time-worn celery? beat an inglorious retreat before a phalanx of machine-made pies? He would look them (figuratively) in the eye. Having, as it were, fairly stared out of countenance the bland pies and beamed with stern contempt upon the "droopy," Preraphaelite celery, he went, better satisfied, on his way. It is these little victories that count; at that moment Mr. Heatherbloom marched on like a knight of old for steadfastness of purpose. His lips veiled a covert smile, ...

— A Man and His Money • Frederic Stewart Isham